Despite all the news about data privacy, I still don’t think there is a social media platform that can rival Facebook. Instagram and Twitter are close but are totally different beasts. I hear about thousands of companies who create some hot new app, only for it to disappear like smoke after a few months. Facebook is very useful at times, despite the controversy. What do people think about it now?
FB is fun. I like it just for the hobbies but I learned early you gotta separate FB from your IRL, so I avoid having social media with relatives, relationships and work. Too much info can be a bad thing.
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I think facebook is fine, but in our current state of politics you should probably try to keep political opinions or anything too extreme off of your public profile as such things can really hurt you in the job hunt. In general I discourage people from having facebook if you are in the professional world, and I STRONGLY encourage people to have their profiles private and not to be friends with coworkers. There is nothing I hate more than trying to solve some petty E-drama because someone felt the need to overshare with their coworkers. In fact, I moved to a non supervisory role because I felt like most of my energy was spent on things that really should not occur in any reasonable world. Because things that happen outside of work in an nebulous online space are pretty ridiculous to have to address. Might as well make me responsible for someone saying mean things while playing games online while they are at it. I personally don’t care what someone says on fb/twitter, but once they get doxxed and that stuff reaches HR it’s pretty much out of my control.
I’ve come to despise that shit… because people are not truly free to be themselves on there. The random shit I’ve posted here on this forum… I could never get away with saying such things over there, so fuck that. I prefer people to be uncensored… I hate it when people have to play nice and avoid saying certain things out of fear. I don’t even want to risk displaying my sense of humor on there, really…since my true opinions on things and sense of humor isn’t really a “rated PG”, sanitized sort of thing. I hate having to pretend I’m a goddamn Mr. Rogers and only speak “acceptable” opinions on “safe” happy-happy topics but sadly that is just the nature of this sissy-ass world we live in.
At this point I only go on there to keep tabs on certain cute/hot celebs and posts by certain game companies.
My dad is always on there too…and for him it’s like non-stop political discussions/ranting, all day every damn day.
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I have it but I really havent used it in like 6 years.
I keep it bc some apps need a Facebook login.
A few years ago I was living out of the US and wanted to keep in touch with friends back here or to kill time.
Nowadays Im back in the US so theres less impetus to use it.
Also, I broke up with my gf and yet I probably have a lot of her friends on my list so thats awkward.
In the time since I signed up , a lot more people /communities use it, but I feel like people put too much info on there, like when they brushed, what they ate, etc or send invites for those dumb games like Farmville or whatever.
Also, I have a lot of relatives in India especially older uncles/aunts and I dont want them to see random girls Im dating or be asked what happened to my ex.
Plus, I usually text//email/call important people if I need something.
There are a lot of people I Accepted from like elementary /middle school that I cant remember and I did it to be polite, but now I dont want to worry about putting something potentially bad/controversial.
^That’s the main reason I kept mine. My Spotify, so may playlists, if I want to have a spotify account separate from facebook, it means all anew. After a while of not using FB much, I found it useful to connect with some folks from here through the changes, RASC is my favorite FB group…
I live in Japan now, so I use it to check up on my friends back in America (the greatest country in the world). Unfortunately, I have some VERY political friends, and they love to constantly virtue signal and crybully.
I don’t like blocking people, but I had to temp block a few of them because they kept spamming my feed with their garbage.
As for Facebook itself, I really don’t like their shift towards suppressing what they deem as “hate speech”. After Zuckerburg basically stated that Facebook is a publisher (and not a platform) at a recent congressional hearing, I would be surprised if they don’t get sued very soon.
I think Facebook is dogshit personally.
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I signed up once, it found a load of people I know straight away and kept asking for my phone number.
Deleted the account the same day, that shit’s creepy.
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Thing is, I just don’t think there’s anything to rival FB at this stage. As controversial as it is, people still need Facebook for a lot of things. Well, maybe not need, but use it. What about Vero? This is being hyped as the next big thing, but it’s had a few dark clouds surrounding it, like not working without the use of a phone number. Time will tell if it can get close to FB!
Facebook is awesome. It is what you make of it. If you have awesome friends and follow awesome people and public pages that are entertaining and highly educational it is totally worth while.
I’ve bought a lot of stuff in fb pages and its good to see upcoming events. But, I do find people bragging how great their life is or circle jerks a bit annoying. For me, as long as I treat it as a social tool and rarely use it as a direct line of communication, it has a decent purpose.
I mainly use it to keep up with local events and to share photos with friends and family. I have been thinning out my friends list to remove people who I don’t stay in touch with anymore.
I had an ex girlfriend that felt compelled to post about anything (happy Monday, happy Tuesday… only x amount of days before Christmas). Before breaking up with her I set it so her posts didn’t show up on my news feed anymore.
It can be useful for specific needs and I don’t see it going away anytime soon.
I don’t even think FB is that good.
facebook is good to stay active with people who live far away. If i wasnt into a bunch of niche communities and needed it to stay in contact with them i would have gotten rid of it. I realllly dont need it for work or my business since a bunch of my online sales have really come from instagram interactions in the past yr.
i opened my account 10 years ago cause my gf asked me to lol
i have kept it just to keep tabs with old friends i don’t live close by anymore
i rarely post ANYTHING cause why bother, all I see on my feed are dumb videos and memes and occasionally some trip pictures. I despise sharing my info tho so on FB I live in NC and I’m the boss at NBA.
Facebook is awesome! They definitely nailed the formula. I remember way back when, when i tried using others like Myspace. Myspace was weird. I’d sign in and afterwards was like, “Ok what the hell do i do with this thing now?”. It was bland garbage.
I know some like to bitch and get in a huff about Facebook and i just don’t get it. Those types take it waaaaay too seriously, and need to chill out. Facebook seems like it can be whatever you want it to be. If you want to participate in childish drama, you can certainly do that. Or if you just want to sit back and “lurk” and watch everyone else talk, you can do that too. It’s really no big deal. The positives outweigh the negatives by a mile though. I like it how keeps everyone connected.