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That's pretty funny I guess. Though I'm shocked there's enough users of Facebook still to even clock the story in the first place.
I use it still, much to my chagrin, because my boomer and silent generation relatives use it, and it's a convenient way to invite a lot of people to events and also find new events for my job.
It's all boomers now. I don't think I know a single boomer that doesn't use Facebook.
Boomer here. I don’t use Facebook or Instagram or Tik Tok or any other social media apart of Lemmy.
The only reason most non-Boomers I know even have a Facebook account nowadays is using Messenger (though I do wish they'd move to something else)
I also hear Facebook marketplace for second hand stuff being the reason people keep Facebook around. Especially the smaller local groups that you can only get invited into and banned if you misbehave. It's one of the few niches where there often isn't a good alternative.
Yeah, unfortunately Marketplace is better than Craigslist ever was in my area.
I'm Gen X, I used Marketplace to sell my cellphone recently.
I do also keep it as a connection to my extended Norwegian relatives.
Yeah you got me. I'd move but I cannot be bothered to tell 50 sifferent people all of that in case they dont want to move because most people cannot be bothered to install a new app just for our once a month conversations.
You just tell them when they message you why your reply took so long ("I don't really use this app any more") and how you prefer to be reached ("I'm on Signal, or you can text me"). And if it's someone that doesn't have your phone number, or you don't want to have your phone number, then does it really matter if their messages to you are delayed?
I mean I guess not. But if I delete messenger and my facebook account I will literally never open any of those again
I use FB exclusively to sell things. The reality is, young people use FB despite your arbitrary believe they don't.
People 30 and under are my biggest buyers.
Yep, every one of my friends has fb.
There's nothing else as easy. And marketplace ia a huge draw.
I'm late Gen z, it's not my main platform but even I use it sometimes
I'm Gen X, I use it to stay connected to my extended Norwegian relatives.
Aww dude.
Over a billion active users.
How many are actually people though. You're telling me over 1/8th the population is active users I just don't believe that. If you told me a billion active bots, that I'd believe.
Pretty much every Brazilian uses whatsapp, the rest of south America also uses it but I can't guarantee it being that close to 100% like Brasil, then you have places like the EU, Asia (not in China, they have WeChat iirc) and I'd be surprised if it isn't advice 1 billion people. Whatsapp didn't take over the USA because you guys had sms for free, while most of the world didn't, and after you hit a certain critical mass of users, even those who don't want to (me) have to use it for work, friends and family. Everyone lives in their own bubbles, and the US has SEVERAL bubbles completely different from the rest of the world
I know Meta owns WhatsApp (unfortunately). But are WhatsApp users considered Facebook users?
I know that big numbers are hard to imagine.
And I know that imagining people other than yourself is hard.
Doesn't mean they don't exist
I'm sorry, are you a bot denialist? You think every user is a genuine user? Did you think https://www.newsweek.com/maga-accounts-based-outside-us-exposed-11097693 is a fake article too?
That's twitter not Facebook. But I get what you're trying to say.
Even if half of Facebook traffic are bots. That's still 500 million people using it.
That is a significant amount of people.
I'm right there with you but unfortunately I must report that Facebook is still firmly entrenched in many circles. Like if my kid's school posts some news on their website but not their facebook page, I've seen parents get riled up about that.
I mean you also have to remember to coun things like Instagram and what's app all the other stuff that Facebook actually owns.
I hate that I have to use WhatsApp to communicate with my international friends. I wish we could use anything else but they will not
I've heard that in many countries Meta subsidizes a lot of the cell plans and many regions still have metered data but Meta apps don't count towards their data limits.
I'm not sure the veracity of that, but it would explain the wide adoption and insistence on staying within the Meta ecosystem.
Here WhatsApp data don't count on the major cellphone provider, but it doesn't even need it because nearly all of the people use it.
For my country it's not just Meta apps, but all the major social networks (Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, Tiktok, YouTube) but it's just certain plans that offer this.
Just Never talk to them again? Or write them an email