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Great news — social media is falling apart::I don't know where to post: there are too many social platforms, and the old giants are dying. The age of social media is splintering.

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[–] qooqie@lemmy.world 69 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

This is probably an overreaction. I do, however, think their growth is reversing and that’s why platforms like Facebook are diversifying rather rapidly. Things like Facebook marketplace and instagram are still hugely popular.

Us that are tech literate tend to not see the giant mass of tech illiterate who will always use the stuff they know aka Facebook.

[–] Coasting0942@reddthat.com 13 points 1 year ago

As google put it, you have to go 100% on being the first search engine people experience for the first time.

[–] Steeve@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

growth is reversing

Everyone on Lemmy keeps saying Facebook is dead, but it just hit it's all time high of 4B monthly active users.

[–] vermyndax@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Facebook will never die. Too many people in third-world countries rely on Facebook for internet access. Facebook is happy to provide free connectivity to keep people hooked in countries like Philippines. They mask the images and videos in FB Messenger, but then provide a very ad-heavy Facebook lite experience for free. They brokered a deal with the carriers in these countries for this. Facebook is here to stay for a very, very long time.

[–] FleetingTit@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

monthly active users

Doesn't that include people who log in once per month to check their messages, scroll down two posts in their feed and log out?

[–] Steeve@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yes, as it always has. It hit it's highest daily active users too.

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