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Most people in the US have already quit that app, the battle's not that uphill. You're starting half up

pavel_lishin 2y ago
> Most people in the US have already quit that app Subjectively, that feels wildly untrue. Do you have any numbers to back this up?
- TuringNYC 2y ago
  >> Subjectively, that feels wildly untrue. Do you have any numbers to back this up? Agreed. Also not everyone realizes WhatsApp and IG are also part of Facebook. Aside from elderly folks, almost now one I know uses traditional facebook. However, almost all Millenials and GenZ I know use IG. Practically everyone I know who has overseas family/friends uses WhatsApp.
tartuffe78 2y ago
This is not my experience living in a small (~5,000) city , Facebook is where everything, farmer's markets, fairs and festivals, and other community events are announced and organized.
arbor_day 2y ago
That seems wrong. More than half the US population uses Facebook. https://www.statista.com/statistics/408971/number-of-us-facebook-users/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/408971/number-of-us-face...
- mplewis 2y ago
  There is absolutely no way that 80% of the US actively uses Facebook.
bdangubic 2y ago
yup, quitting in droves ... https://www.statista.com/statistics/223289/facebooks-quarterly-net-income/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/223289/facebooks-quarter...
- rgbrgb 2y ago
  That shows quarterly revenue not user activity in the US? In my orbit there is nearly 0 Facebook usage outside of a few boomers but instagram seems very popular.
  - scarface_74 2y ago
    So you’re going to ignore publicly available information based on your anecdote?
  - bdangubic 2y ago
    "In my orbit" there 100% of the people play racquetball which means there are roughly 350 million players in the USA - hence it is the most popular sport on the planet and owner of my local team is richer than all NFL owners combined /s :) Also see https://www.statista.com/statistics/408971/number-of-us-facebook-users/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/408971/number-of-us-face... just for kicks :)
    - rgbrgb 2y ago
      ok well at least that's the number that was being discussed. maybe i sound like i'm wearing a tin hat but i don't totally trust their active user numbers or believe that facebook is growing active users in the US. like am i in there bc i have a facebook acct from years ago to run ads and accidentally clicked a fb link once last year? what if i viewed a facebook ad. at some point somebody is deciding what counts as active and i'd bet a dollar that person is incentivized for numbers to be big and monotonic. in my experience it's good to poke at numbers that don't match your intuition. that's how you get to reality. i know your example was farcical, but if you know a lot of people and 100% of them play racquetball, you should seriously question someone who is telling you that football is actually the most popular sport, especially if they have economic incentives for you thinking that's the truth. it's just math.
      - bdangubic 2y ago
        maybe i sound like i'm wearing a tin hat but i don't totally trust their active user numbers or believe that facebook is growing active users in the US it is not their numbers :) i have a facebook acct from years ago to run ads and accidentally clicked a fb link once last year? you won't count in my experience it's good to poke at numbers that don't match your intuition. that's how you get to reality. except what you are doing is not looking at numbers but drawing from either your personal experiences or "oh, I've heard no one is on facebook these days" always follow the money - investors would RUN FOR THE HILLS if Facebook was what you are thinking Facebook is. maybe this will be different in 10+ years when boomers die off and GenZ, GenA are in their "prime" but at this point Facebook is the ruler of social media
scarface_74 2y ago
This doesn’t jibe with publicly available statistics..
that_guy_iain 2y ago
Most people you know may have. But most people have not quit Facebook.

> Most people in the US have already quit that app Subjectively, that feels wildly untrue. Do you have any numbers to back this up?

TuringNYC 2y ago
>> Subjectively, that feels wildly untrue. Do you have any numbers to back this up? Agreed. Also not everyone realizes WhatsApp and IG are also part of Facebook. Aside from elderly folks, almost now one I know uses traditional facebook. However, almost all Millenials and GenZ I know use IG. Practically everyone I know who has overseas family/friends uses WhatsApp.

tartuffe78 2y ago

This is not my experience living in a small (~5,000) city , Facebook is where everything, farmer's markets, fairs and festivals, and other community events are announced and organized.

arbor_day 2y ago

That seems wrong. More than half the US population uses Facebook. https://www.statista.com/statistics/408971/number-of-us-facebook-users/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/408971/number-of-us-face...

mplewis 2y ago
There is absolutely no way that 80% of the US actively uses Facebook.

bdangubic 2y ago

yup, quitting in droves ... https://www.statista.com/statistics/223289/facebooks-quarterly-net-income/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/223289/facebooks-quarter...

rgbrgb 2y ago
That shows quarterly revenue not user activity in the US? In my orbit there is nearly 0 Facebook usage outside of a few boomers but instagram seems very popular.
- scarface_74 2y ago
  So you’re going to ignore publicly available information based on your anecdote?
- bdangubic 2y ago
  "In my orbit" there 100% of the people play racquetball which means there are roughly 350 million players in the USA - hence it is the most popular sport on the planet and owner of my local team is richer than all NFL owners combined /s :) Also see https://www.statista.com/statistics/408971/number-of-us-facebook-users/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/408971/number-of-us-face... just for kicks :)
  - rgbrgb 2y ago
    ok well at least that's the number that was being discussed. maybe i sound like i'm wearing a tin hat but i don't totally trust their active user numbers or believe that facebook is growing active users in the US. like am i in there bc i have a facebook acct from years ago to run ads and accidentally clicked a fb link once last year? what if i viewed a facebook ad. at some point somebody is deciding what counts as active and i'd bet a dollar that person is incentivized for numbers to be big and monotonic. in my experience it's good to poke at numbers that don't match your intuition. that's how you get to reality. i know your example was farcical, but if you know a lot of people and 100% of them play racquetball, you should seriously question someone who is telling you that football is actually the most popular sport, especially if they have economic incentives for you thinking that's the truth. it's just math.
    - bdangubic 2y ago
      maybe i sound like i'm wearing a tin hat but i don't totally trust their active user numbers or believe that facebook is growing active users in the US it is not their numbers :) i have a facebook acct from years ago to run ads and accidentally clicked a fb link once last year? you won't count in my experience it's good to poke at numbers that don't match your intuition. that's how you get to reality. except what you are doing is not looking at numbers but drawing from either your personal experiences or "oh, I've heard no one is on facebook these days" always follow the money - investors would RUN FOR THE HILLS if Facebook was what you are thinking Facebook is. maybe this will be different in 10+ years when boomers die off and GenZ, GenA are in their "prime" but at this point Facebook is the ruler of social media

scarface_74 2y ago

This doesn’t jibe with publicly available statistics..

that_guy_iain 2y ago

Most people you know may have. But most people have not quit Facebook.