To think Facebook has dropped off a cliff lately?

I deactivated my account this weekend

I'm sick to death of all the stupid AI videos and racist content and just general bullshit that gets posted on there now

I'm sad not to have all my photos and "memories", but on the whole I don't think I'll miss it...

I tried that but I'm still getting wall to wall ragebait and IQ-killing AI slop.

It's pure enshittification.

I don't put much on my profile but then I never have. I am in quite a few craft and book related groups and follow similar pages. Most of my friends on there are all in one or two groups and we chat on those. The other groups I am on are for the sale and purchase of vintage items. I am mostly a buyer and have had some great buys, also the groups are much nicer and safer to shop on than the markerplace. I haven't noticed any difference in the amount of frequency of posts.

They've changed where friends posts pop up now you have to click on feeds and then 'friends' I only noticed by accident when I was messing with settings because I had thought the same thing myself, no one posts updates and mine barely get seen.

I think their algorithm got greedy. It sidelines friends for groups so you dont see them. So you can get loads of stuff coming at you that you like, as if it was an endless Google feed. Health, running hobbies authors music history etc etc all the stuff I like to doom scroll but nothing from friends. So I killed FB and Insta three weeks ago on my phone and hope never to go back.

I’m early 40s and loved Facebook until about 6 months ago-it’s all just ads and crappy “news” stories. I much prefer instagram where I can interact with people about my specialist interest. It’s much less toxic on insta too. I check in once or twice a week on fb now, I was on daily. It’s definitely gone down hill.

I don’t think they really care too much as long as people are willing to scroll through hundreds of advertisements to get to what they want to see

Porn?
I never get porn when I look at FB.

The problem with Facebook is that you spend ages scrolling through sponsored and suggested posts before you see someone you recognise - often see friends posts two or three days later. Mainly use for local groups or when planning a holiday

I deactivated mine over 3yrs ago and I definitely do not miss it. Just another platform to post drama and what not on which I have no time for. If anyone wants me they have my number and if they don’t well there’s a reason for that!! I’m 40 for context

I think it has had its day really. Like Friends ReUnited.

Also it never had a great image with some people because of its seemingly unmoderated posts, lies, lack of privacy and idiots using it.

There is now a lot more competition and many more Social Media Apps.

I'm a late adopter of FB. I didn't bother with it for years because I thought it was full of people posting photos of nights out and holidays so I wasn't interested.

I joined for the groups. I'm in a few local groups and loads of interest groups.

I mostly post/share posts about politics, women's rights and the environment. I'm happy with what the algorithm shows me in my FB feed. Most of it interests me.

instagram is so much better

Facebook keeps suggesting a new friend to me. Sadly I know he died last year. It freaks me out a bit, and I think shows how the platform tries to boost engagement if you've been quiet.

I’m early 30s and will be leaving this year. The problem is I still would like to use it for community forums but nothing else.

i hate it. It’s full of porn and right wing rubbish.

Same. I never post anything on social media now. I think its since everything became so tacky and clichéd. I despise all things "Tiktok". Haven't got it, never will, but once everything became "stories" or videos, it became sensory overload for me. Too much, too quickly.

I preferred Instagram while it was a fixed image, not reels. Also, for every real post that I follow, Facebook throws up at least two or three suggestions of other content I "might like". Ugh. It drives me mad.

I do use groups on Facebook that are based around my hobbies and interests, but they are all strangers.

Haven’t used it in years. Still have it.
I’ll look at it occasionally, when I remember.
But I never see my friends posting.
Just ads & commercial stuff, news etc…
I can’t be arsed going in, changing settings.

It suddenly changed a while ago to less personal stuff. More reels, suggestions for groups, ads, posts from random strangers. I've stayed with it for the groups, but wasn't particularly happy with it. Also, I think there's another thread on this, but it's filling up with AI crap, which feels little a waste of time.

A few years back when FB turned into endless ads, people’s posts wouldn’t show up so much. So they wouldn’t get much interaction, and therefore starting posting less. It’s definitely been a collective thing.

It used to be absolutely the norm to post pics of every day/night out, and now no one bothers. I don’t mind, I used to (sadly, I admit) see life often through a lens of good photos and funny statuses for Facebook, and now I rarely bother taking photos of anything except my dogs, and just enjoy life in the moment. I like the air of mystery 😂, although life is more isolated now as the dawn of Facebook also killed phoning for chats, which haven’t resurrected even though FB is dead.

It did help my brother get reunited with his cat when it escaped. The groups are good

i like it for memories but I haven’t posted for a very long time

im sick of not seeing my friends updates but getting a load of shite updates from randoms

I use it for family, niche type groups, and a hobby

Came off Twitter when EM took over. TikTok nah for got me.

When I logged on to TikTok, and see my late husband niece has posted a video of the birth of her baby up it's like no. That was also deactivated

Instagram is ok for a hobby I have I use minimally. That's it

So do I. I reunited a distressed elderly gentleman with his dog yesterday via the local community page on Facebook.
I also follow various cooks/chefs and exercise gurus.

The random ads or pages FB thinks you might be interested in have increased substantially.

I also found FB would state DD likes a particular page but when I asked her about it she had no idea of viewing the page at all.

pages that I do like rarely show updates. It’s getting frustrating to use.

The groups are active but that’s about it. Aside from that it’s just targeted advertising or pointless attention seeking posts from randoms that it thinks I’d be interested in (but aren’t).

Yes, my observation has been that while the way and demographics have been changing a while, they have really shifted over the last year.

Lots of people still use it somewhat, but typically for very specific things. School FB page, neighbourhood page, that kind of thing. Maybe to share pictures with relatives, or contact a business or see what is on at the library. Marketplace. Not many people post regularly about personal stuff.

I think a major part is the amount of ads and content that is commercial. You have to get through so much just to see a few things that you might be interested in. So I have little interest in scrolling, I usually go right to the thing I am looking for.

Plus of that commercial content, so much is scams, and it seems like they have no real interest in controlling that. I flagged a scam up a few times, and still kept seeing it on there for weeks. It wasn't marginal either, it was an outright scam to get money.

I don't know what it is the Meta people think people go to FB for, but it isn't most of what is there.