I read “it’s dying” by people on Discord and Reddit all the time, but the numbers prove otherwise. It’s been going up this entire time and sitting over 3 billion MONTHLY ACTIVE USERS!

I feel like the bubble around people on other platforms saying “who uses Facebook anymore lol” is kind of wild given the numbers. Keep in mind these are active users not just abandoned accounts.

  • Pronell@lemmy.world
    1353·
    8 个月前

    I have never been a Facebook user so I’m mostly guessing.

    But I think there was a heyday where people spent a great deal of time on there.

    Now they don’t. They just log on when it’s needed to get ahold of someone or check a specific niche community.

    Thus it’s dying because the ad revenue is way down. It’s in decline not because it lacks users, but because they no longer spend hours there.

    • Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world
      481·
      8 个月前

      This sounds accurate to me. I have an account, and there are certain people that I use Messenger for, but I haven’t updated my status or shared anything in about ten years.

      • Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone
        7·
        8 个月前

        That’s the same boat as me.

        Messenger and nothing else for 9 years now.

        Reddit killed Facebook for me when i started getting banned for memes etc

        Then reddit killed reddit for me

        • Ellecram@lemmy.world
          2·
          8 个月前

          I started a facebook account in 2006 and stopped using it a few years later. I still have an account but only look at it maybe 2 or 3 times a year.

          I hate when I have to log in to find a business though. It 's infuriating.

          And I hate reddit with the glare of a thousand suns.

    • Riven@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      26·
      8 个月前

      I also wonder what they consider an active user. Would logging in through Facebook to play a mobile game count? What about just logging in through Facebook on any site to get an account on that site? I know I probably check my Facebook once every 3 months to check up on fam but other than that I don’t use it.

    • bl4ckblooc@lemmy.world
      252·
      8 个月前

      My brother is in the ICU right now, and everything is being co-ordinated on Facebook. It’s how we are letting people know updates, and how we get a hold of people.

      Facebook is really the only social media platform that lets you find people somewhat easily from their name.

      • morrowind@lemmy.ml
        31·
        8 个月前

        I’m not sure that’s a good source. It’s combines a bunch of different sources, and the one for Facebook itself combines a bunch of other sources

    • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.worldEnglish
      91·
      8 个月前

      Ad revenue is up, because they’ve replaced the feed with 98% ads and sponsored posts. You can’t even see what your friends are posting now. It’s disgusting.

      • antonim@lemmy.dbzer0.com
        41·
        8 个月前

        This. It’s horrible and outright unusable. I used to block each and every “recommended” post/page, after a few weeks they stopped appearing so frequently.

        • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.worldEnglish
          71·
          8 个月前

          I tried that, but there’s a million more to take their place. A couple days ago there was an ad for a game that was a completely naked woman with her legs spread open as the picture. I reported it and Facebook said they’ve reviewed it and determined it doesn’t violate their community standards, even though exposed nipples are explicitly stated in their standards as a violation. There was an option to request further review and I tried to do that, and of course the submit button was disabled and broken because a trillion dollar company cant even be bothered to build a functional website. I’m fucking done with that site. If I can’t even look for content my actual friends posted without being assaulted with pornography, then I’m done. I wish they’d crash and burn like the dumpster fire they are.

          • antonim@lemmy.dbzer0.com
            51·
            8 个月前

            The point isn’t so much to actually block all the garbage, that’s impossible, but to suggest to the Facebook algo to show you less such stuff.

            I’ve also seen people getting semi-pornographic adverts on Youtube, so your experience sounds entirely expected. Putting everything else aside, it’s “funny” how any other smaller independent website or a user on these major websites can and will be sanctioned (the user getting banned, the small website gaining a negative reputation) for hosting/posting pornography, but when a major website shoves pornography right into your face (and probably minors’ too, which is unambiguously illegal) nothing can be done, there is never any sort of uproar or criticism, I doubt you could even report it to some authority…

    • ABCDE@lemmy.world
      81·
      8 个月前

      I don’t think it’s dying at all, it’s still very popular across the world.

    • cavaloris@sh.itjust.works
      4·
      8 个月前

      I would agree with this. I recently removed Facebook all together but prior, I would only scroll my unseen and log the F out.