It’s probably because Israel was getting bombed last month.
So, less bots?
We feed meta billions of dollars and all our data, watch out what they are going to do, they already approached the fediverse and tried to make their move there.
20 million actual users or 20 million ai bots.
I’d assume the bot count is increasing, not decreasing.
Old people are dying
They are reporting “family daily active users” and I assume that this “family” means all of their apps. They are reporting 3.56 billion DAU, but Whatsapp alone has 3.3 billion users according to some sources. So we really do not know how Facebook or Instagram are doing from those numbers - and it does make sense that user numbers are dropping when Russia is restricting access to WhatsApp & Co and Iran is switching off its internet.
What is “Meta” here?
Facrbook?
Instagram?
WhatsApp?
Oculus?
???
All of the above?All Meta-owned services, since it’s a meta report.
Botbook
It’s almost like it really fucking sucks.
Still almost half the planet, though. Way too much.
Not enough.
Seriously, how are there still so many people on meta? What percentage are bots is the real question 🤷♂️
Seriously, how are there still so many people on meta?
Social networks become part of people life, they use them to talk to relatives, friends and to build communities. Once social networks started to become popular, facebook with the help of governments, rich people and other corporations managed to become the biggest platform, they got so big that they turned into a phone book where everyone was in. Meta used the billions we feed them, our data and their popularity to build/buy other social networks and tools people are now hooked up. In italy whatsapp replaced mails and it’s what most people are using to talk with each other.
Boomers are set in their ways
Same reason why so many are on the chinese version of it: They don’t need more of the internet.
how are there still so many people on meta?
People in developing countries have Facebook as their default internet destination, sometimes it is even the internet encapsulated, as it literally combines almost all the online services that are normally separate; they go there for their daily entertainment, news, and socializing fix.
The Philippines are one. Those stupid sad fuckers can’t get off it to save their lives. And Facebook subsidizes it for them to be on it all day.
Facebook in Philippines is literally free to use even for those without mobile data. However, people there don’t realise they are the product. Or worse, they don’t realise they are guinea pigs for social engineering by techno-industrial complex.
There are parts of the world where the Facebook app basically is the Internet. Places where most people dont own a laptop, but everyone has a cell phone and phone service comes bundled with discounted Facebook data. Their hold goes way beyond social networking to, local businesses and even government services dont have webpages, they have Facebook pages only. Every game people play runs through Facebook, and all their saves are locked up with them. Every video people post or watch runs through Facebook and its hyper localized algorithm. It would take generations to displace them.
Not sure of other countries in the same region (Latin America) but at least in mine, is so fucking annoying that the main source of communication between clients and stores is Facebook. Do you want to order something? Then contact us (specifically from Facebook) or come to the store!
Every one one of my friends and family use it daily.
And a huuuuuge sell is marketplace. Literally no one touches Craigslist anymore. So if you wanna buy used from people, you literally need marketplace.
Lol you do not need fb marketplace. Thrift stores, yard sales and flea markets are great for furniture. For everything else there’s eBay. I’ve never bought anything on fb marketplace and I almost always buy used stuff.
Stop making flimsy excuses. Stop giving this evil company your money.
I used craigslist just last week, but yea marketplace is a big part of facebooks market reliance
Mad respect to them for not enshittifying.
Craigslist, or Facebook marketplace?
…yet.
“Literally no one?” My partner and I just picked up a couch from a couple thru Craiglist, all of us aged around 30 years old. We both love to read the Missed Connections posts on there. I agree that facebook’s marketplace has a good hold on ubiquity at the moment, but nobody “literally” needs it.
Nice!
Haha yeah, I mean its used, but veerryyy very little now. People are still scared of being murdered in there.
literally is one of those words which has really lost it’s meaning. yes I hate it.
Regardless, how badly you want to use fb marketplace is highly regional and situational dependent.
My partner and I have twins who are now almost 3 years old. I would estimate that the stuff we have bought and then later sold on fb marketplace for little or no difference in value would have cost about $6k or $7k per child if we had bought it new. Average full time wage here is about $1k per week, for reference.
There just isn’t another platform which has any significant userbase for toddlers gear here. There is something else you can use for cars or tools, but not toddlers stuff.
Its true that without facebook marketplace we just wouldn’t have bought a lot of the stuff that we did
Yeah i used it unnessecarily. I agree. So many good deals. And ive met some new friends from it.
I was looking for a turntable recently and checked Craigslist religiously for several weeks trying to find a deal. All I saw was the same few overpriced antique stores using posts as advertisements, refreshing over and over to stay on top. What real posts I could find were priced at the same point as the antique stores, probably thinking that was the going rate.
I was barely aware of Facebook Marketplace, but a friend recommended I check there too, and it had a bunch of actual fair deals. While Craigslist rarely had a vintage turntable for less than $300, I was immediately able to find 2 for less than $50 each on Facebook. I felt unclean while re-installing the Facebook app after nearly a decade, but I can’t deny that it’s better, at least for what I was looking for.
Which is also fucked, since the likelihood you have a legit transaction is low. The scammers are most active on marketplace.
Eh, not true. Ive bought and sold hundreds of things and had 0 scam. People around here are pretty honest
Oh maybe it’s location based.
I sold my motorcycle 3 years ago and had at least 10 offers on it.
I’ll check CL every so often
IME craigslist is better for auto but everything else seems to be on marketplace
That and free random stuff.
I just wanted to point out that it’s not dead dead (well a lot of traffic died after they took personals off lol )
Family keeps me from deleting my account but I don’t use it for anything other than messenger and unfortunately marketplace because that’s replaced everything else.
a lot of you consider facebook + whatsapp + instagram usage covers a large chunk of thr western sphere
Thats like asking “How are there still so many boomers alive?”
Give it time.
I use it for messaging. Boomers are on it heavily and the Portal TV - a truly wondrous device despite the caveat - needs a FB account also.
But reading the scroll? Not so much.
Edit: aw crap. I’m on whatsapp a lot too – I forgot they’re a meta deal. It’s honestly hard to care enough to keep track, some days!
They probably went to other social media platforms. Not really a win.
It’s fun being part of that number.
I deleted my Facebook in 2013, before it was cool. 😛
It was always cool to avoid facebook. Yes I AM a myspace loyalist who’s still pissed 20+ years later!
I’m also still pissed napster died!
I deleted mine in 2010, when Stan Marsh showed us how (s014e4). I think it was pretty cool by then already.
Did you lawyer up and hit the gym?
fakebook
