Now that Meta released its Muse Spark model, more people are downloading the Meta AI app. And if you join the app, your friends will probably get an Instagram notification about it.
It is pretty embarrassing to use Facebook in this day and age. My daughter is a teenager and doesn’t even have an account, says Facebook “is for old people”.
I refer to it as “Boomer Social” as it is the exclusive form of communication for family members over 60. When I purged my Meta accounts, finally, I completely lost contact with my sister.
Seems that old people who were around for email being the norm can’t manage to use it anymore…
I am in my 50s and have never had a facebook account. I never will - but honestly I have been tempted to recently because apparently Craigslist is all scammers now and Facebook Marketplace is the go-to for local used buy/sell.
If I could make a “marketplace only” account I would because I like to buy/sell used. But I can’t so oh well.
I personally feel more sketched out by Facebook marketplace and all of its AliExpress drop shipping posts. Craigslist feels more pure and real (except for the cars, but who goes there for that?) Bought a bread machine on craigslist from a little old lady just a couple of weeks ago. Nice woman. Super easy transaction.
Marketplace is very alive and kicking, it’s shocking how much more active it is since COVID.
I will also say that FB has sucked a lot of attention away from traditional forum spaces - Australia’s Netrider for example. It’s much better to seek answers and ask questions in the motorcycle Facebook page for your model. Sadly. The introduction of anonymous group posting is a good thing though.
For some reason its very popular in Asia, according to my partner who is Thai and 23 years old. But then they don’t really use anything else (well, tiktok and Line, but rarely Insta or twitter). I guess facebook is just decent for all kinds of media, be it text, images, videos or links
It is pretty embarrassing to use Facebook in this day and age. My daughter is a teenager and doesn’t even have an account, says Facebook “is for old people”.
Unfortunately, my generation got on there and they will never fucking leave. It’s like the previous generation with AOL.
I refer to it as “Boomer Social” as it is the exclusive form of communication for family members over 60. When I purged my Meta accounts, finally, I completely lost contact with my sister.
Seems that old people who were around for email being the norm can’t manage to use it anymore…
I am in my 50s and have never had a facebook account. I never will - but honestly I have been tempted to recently because apparently Craigslist is all scammers now and Facebook Marketplace is the go-to for local used buy/sell.
If I could make a “marketplace only” account I would because I like to buy/sell used. But I can’t so oh well.
I personally feel more sketched out by Facebook marketplace and all of its AliExpress drop shipping posts. Craigslist feels more pure and real (except for the cars, but who goes there for that?) Bought a bread machine on craigslist from a little old lady just a couple of weeks ago. Nice woman. Super easy transaction.
Marketplace is very alive and kicking, it’s shocking how much more active it is since COVID.
I will also say that FB has sucked a lot of attention away from traditional forum spaces - Australia’s Netrider for example. It’s much better to seek answers and ask questions in the motorcycle Facebook page for your model. Sadly. The introduction of anonymous group posting is a good thing though.
You can make an account without using your real details. Just stick to the browser and don’t use their app.
For some reason its very popular in Asia, according to my partner who is Thai and 23 years old. But then they don’t really use anything else (well, tiktok and Line, but rarely Insta or twitter). I guess facebook is just decent for all kinds of media, be it text, images, videos or links