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It's funny how facebook got so political all the normies left, then they downranked political content so much that the political people left too. Facebook is a

It's funny how facebook got so political all the normies left, then they downranked political content so much that the political people left too. Facebook is a ghost town now.

01HNNWZ0MV43FF 2y ago
Do they still mandate using your legal name? That's the biggest no-go for me. It's just awful opsec.
- ziml77 2y ago
  How do they validate that? YouTube also wanted my full name before they finally switched back to usernames. I just made up a pseudonym back then.
  - kelseydh 2y ago
    Facebook has pretty advanced features that cross check your digital signatures like IP address, browser, registered email, etc to prevent sockpuppeting. This is especially true if you want to make ads with your account.
- Digit-Al 2y ago
  Don't know if they mandate it, but I know a few people who use either names that are a slight modification of their real name, or completely made up names.
kamikazeturtles 2y ago
Surprisingly, Facebook has 2.1 billion daily active users. I primarily use the app for its Marketplace feature as an alternative to Craigslist.
- in_cahoots 2y ago
  Doesn’t the second sentence explain the first? I can’t tell the number of times I’ve heard a variation of, “I hate Facebook [newsfeed]. I only use it for Messenger/ niche Groups/ local events/ Marketplace.” Facebook has positioned itself so that it’s almost a necessity if you want to be involved in your community, however you define it. You may hate Zuck, moderation, and ‘the algo’ and yet you can’t get away from Meta the company. And millions of other users feel the same way.
  - insane_dreamer 2y ago
    > it’s almost a necessity if you want to be involved in your community not really; I haven't had a FB account in 10 years I use Craigslist for local ads.
- Hilift 2y ago
  Facebook has a net profit of $62 billion/year.
redserk 2y ago
Going back even further, one of the initial draws of Instagram pre-acquisition was that you could escape the toxicity of trolls and other socially unproductive behavior on Facebook. Meta has a big problem coming up. They'll get to the point where they won't be able to hide Facebook and Instagram's lackluster appeal. I suspect we'll start seeing advertisers peel away, followed by a few savvy investors first. Let's just hope this doesn't trigger a market-wide correction.
- jjulius 2y ago
  >Let's just hope this doesn't trigger a market-wide correction. My flippant, "I hate social media and think it was largely a mistake and needs to go away," view is to cheer for that correction. That said, I understand that I'm very biased here and might be ignorant. Is there a reason I shouldn't cheer for such a correction?
  - redserk 2y ago
    I'd cheer for a correction if it were limited to social media valuations. My fear is that social media tanks followed by people broadly pulling money out of the market.
- ethbr1 2y ago
  Meta. Microsoft. Amazon. Google. Every one of their core user value propositions is worse now than it was in the 00s. And all of them by allowing revenue optimization by 1,000 cuts to whittle away customer centricity over time.
- EasyMark 2y ago
  To me facebook seems a lot quieter but instagram is as busy with stuff as ever. We definitely have differences of opinion on that. Especially if TikTok is shut down (fingers crossed) most people will fall back on Instagram Reels.
  - nthingtohide 2y ago
    They A/B test reels in facebook. My mother's facebook has reels in it. Not mine. Soon, the apps themselves will lose any sense of history and they will morph into whatever new content format is favourite. All you need is account with Meta. The content will find you. Zuck has that covered for you.
EasyMark 2y ago
Between that and people getting over constantly sharing what they did on vacation and what they cooked for breakfast or had at brunch, it is a lot quieter. At least Zuck chose to bring back political arguments as the mainstay right after the election rather than right before. It will be fairly quiet for a few years IF they keep up their efforts to limit Russian propaganda bots and don't add a bluecheck to promote them instead.

It's funny how facebook got so political all the normies left, then they downranked political content so much that the political people left too. Facebook is a ghost town now.

01HNNWZ0MV43FF 2y ago

Do they still mandate using your legal name? That's the biggest no-go for me. It's just awful opsec.

ziml77 2y ago
How do they validate that? YouTube also wanted my full name before they finally switched back to usernames. I just made up a pseudonym back then.
- kelseydh 2y ago
  Facebook has pretty advanced features that cross check your digital signatures like IP address, browser, registered email, etc to prevent sockpuppeting. This is especially true if you want to make ads with your account.
Digit-Al 2y ago
Don't know if they mandate it, but I know a few people who use either names that are a slight modification of their real name, or completely made up names.

kamikazeturtles 2y ago

Surprisingly, Facebook has 2.1 billion daily active users. I primarily use the app for its Marketplace feature as an alternative to Craigslist.

in_cahoots 2y ago
Doesn’t the second sentence explain the first? I can’t tell the number of times I’ve heard a variation of, “I hate Facebook [newsfeed]. I only use it for Messenger/ niche Groups/ local events/ Marketplace.” Facebook has positioned itself so that it’s almost a necessity if you want to be involved in your community, however you define it. You may hate Zuck, moderation, and ‘the algo’ and yet you can’t get away from Meta the company. And millions of other users feel the same way.
- insane_dreamer 2y ago
  > it’s almost a necessity if you want to be involved in your community not really; I haven't had a FB account in 10 years I use Craigslist for local ads.
Hilift 2y ago
Facebook has a net profit of $62 billion/year.

redserk 2y ago

Going back even further, one of the initial draws of Instagram pre-acquisition was that you could escape the toxicity of trolls and other socially unproductive behavior on Facebook. Meta has a big problem coming up. They'll get to the point where they won't be able to hide Facebook and Instagram's lackluster appeal. I suspect we'll start seeing advertisers peel away, followed by a few savvy investors first. Let's just hope this doesn't trigger a market-wide correction.

jjulius 2y ago
>Let's just hope this doesn't trigger a market-wide correction. My flippant, "I hate social media and think it was largely a mistake and needs to go away," view is to cheer for that correction. That said, I understand that I'm very biased here and might be ignorant. Is there a reason I shouldn't cheer for such a correction?
- redserk 2y ago
  I'd cheer for a correction if it were limited to social media valuations. My fear is that social media tanks followed by people broadly pulling money out of the market.
ethbr1 2y ago
Meta. Microsoft. Amazon. Google. Every one of their core user value propositions is worse now than it was in the 00s. And all of them by allowing revenue optimization by 1,000 cuts to whittle away customer centricity over time.
EasyMark 2y ago
To me facebook seems a lot quieter but instagram is as busy with stuff as ever. We definitely have differences of opinion on that. Especially if TikTok is shut down (fingers crossed) most people will fall back on Instagram Reels.
- nthingtohide 2y ago
  They A/B test reels in facebook. My mother's facebook has reels in it. Not mine. Soon, the apps themselves will lose any sense of history and they will morph into whatever new content format is favourite. All you need is account with Meta. The content will find you. Zuck has that covered for you.

EasyMark 2y ago

Between that and people getting over constantly sharing what they did on vacation and what they cooked for breakfast or had at brunch, it is a lot quieter. At least Zuck chose to bring back political arguments as the mainstay right after the election rather than right before. It will be fairly quiet for a few years IF they keep up their efforts to limit Russian propaganda bots and don't add a bluecheck to promote them instead.