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I find it hard to believe that 30% of their user base never uses any of their own apps: Photos, Notes, Posts, Groups, Events.

by blader 17y ago

trapper 17y ago
You haven't spent much time watching a cross-section of society use computers have you? :) I remember the first time I had to tell someone about how to use a scrollbar. A tab is almost nuclear physics from there.
- blader 17y ago
  The way Facebook counts users, you access an application and that counts as a "usage." 30% of Facebook's active user base, in other words, have never clicked on a photo? It doesn't make sense.
  - kwamenum86 17y ago
    Well I am not a Facebook employee but whenever the company compiles statistics for applications they include the native ones and make it apparent. They may be calculating the number differently this time. I assume that they still count native apps though.
    - blader 17y ago
      " whenever the company compiles statistics for applications they include the native ones and make it apparent. " Do you have any references for this? I follow Facebook pretty closely and this seems unusual.
endtime 17y ago
I think a lot of people just use status updates and walls. I know that's how my mom uses Facebook. I don't think the status is an app; not sure about the wall. Also, maybe they're including inactive (or nearly inactive) accounts when they say "users".
ajdecon 17y ago
Really? I use most of those, but none of them very often. The heart of the Facebook experience--especially in the newest iteration--is the status news feed, with the profile Wall probably in 2nd place. And it feels like some of their apps, like Groups and Notes, are intentionally being pushed into the background. I have no trouble at all believing that newer users are staying exclusively inside the news feed, and maybe leaving messages on the wall or sending private messages.

3 ms·

I find it hard to believe that 30% of their user base never uses any of their own apps: Photos, Notes, Posts, Groups, Events.

by blader 17y ago

I find it hard to believe that 30% of their user base never uses any of their own apps: Photos, Notes, Posts, Groups, Events.

trapper 17y ago
You haven't spent much time watching a cross-section of society use computers have you? :) I remember the first time I had to tell someone about how to use a scrollbar. A tab is almost nuclear physics from there.
- blader 17y ago
  The way Facebook counts users, you access an application and that counts as a "usage." 30% of Facebook's active user base, in other words, have never clicked on a photo? It doesn't make sense.
  - kwamenum86 17y ago
    Well I am not a Facebook employee but whenever the company compiles statistics for applications they include the native ones and make it apparent. They may be calculating the number differently this time. I assume that they still count native apps though.
    - blader 17y ago
      " whenever the company compiles statistics for applications they include the native ones and make it apparent. " Do you have any references for this? I follow Facebook pretty closely and this seems unusual.
endtime 17y ago
I think a lot of people just use status updates and walls. I know that's how my mom uses Facebook. I don't think the status is an app; not sure about the wall. Also, maybe they're including inactive (or nearly inactive) accounts when they say "users".
ajdecon 17y ago
Really? I use most of those, but none of them very often. The heart of the Facebook experience--especially in the newest iteration--is the status news feed, with the profile Wall probably in 2nd place. And it feels like some of their apps, like Groups and Notes, are intentionally being pushed into the background. I have no trouble at all believing that newer users are staying exclusively inside the news feed, and maybe leaving messages on the wall or sending private messages.