To think facebook is dying out?

[Middleagednbored]

Been on it for years, have a couple of hundred friends on there. Over the past few years, I've noticed that only a handful post regularly now, the rest post rarely, if ever. I've realised some haven't posted for years! There are a few who until a year or so ago posted regularly and I liked keeping up with their lives but now seem to have stopped. I have definitely cut down on my posts too. A year ago, I would average twice a week, now it's twice a month if that. What's the point if no one is reading? I do actually like seeing the memories come up and how people I don't see much anymore are getting on but these days it's so boring. Mostly ads. I'm in a few groups (hobbies, interests, local community) which are useful but otherwise it's so dead!

Do we think Facebook will fizzle put altogether over the next few years? I don't do Instagram or twitter and don't understand tik tok etc (too old 🤣).

I’m like you. I do use it but it seems full of adverts rather than personal posts

the youth have all gone to Instagram (can’t stand it) or tic toc

i do like Twitter too but that’s a different beast, I follow randoms on there not my own own friends. I never have anything to say but like reading what others do.

I actually never use SM to keep up with friends or post about my own life. I use IG for my business and FB for hobby groups. It all seems business as usual to me.

I’m sick of the ads and targeted content on both FB and Insta, especially when it shows me them more than the accounts I actually follow.

I don’t know many people who bother with FB any more, it feels very dated and younger people seem to use other platforms. The ones still using FB are mostly those who like to share every boring detail of their lives and rant a lot.

It’s handy for groups but I never think to post any more.

I still use FB for support groups that aren't available elsewhere. No ads here, I installed FB Purity, well worth having!

https://www.fbpurity.com/

Too many adverts and my actual friends rarely post anymore. If it wasn't for the fact that's it's the main way for me to keep up with local community issues and events I'd remove the app and forget about it completely.

I agree it's dying out- I'm sick of all the adverts and page suggestions for me that are so obscure or nothing that i would be interested in! I like looking back at the photo memories and I use it to see photos of my friend living in Oz. I think people don't like to splash their lives over it like they once did.

I agree ,mumsnet has been saying for years it's on a decline ,and on every thread there will be posters declaring they deleted it years ago and haven't missed it
Yet its still here ,I think the demographics of who it appeals to have changed
My 17 year old has never had an account
But it adapts, and is still popular.

I use it daily. I have plenty of friends who use it as their main social media so I see plenty of updates. And I'm on some very active groups.

I still use it quite a bit but yes I think it's on the way out, it seems to be the over 40s using it now, the younger generation use snapchat, tik tok etc, my 17 year old wouldn't be seen dead on it

I use it for groups which are really useful to me

It’s definitely dying out - and has been for years.

I joined early and left - completely deleted my account - early, about 5 years ago if not longer. I just felt it had a negative effect on me. I use instagram to look at things I’m interested in but I don’t use social media to follow family or friends at all. If I want to hear updates on people’s lives I’d prefer to learn about them in the real world. Getting rid of it has been entirely positive for me.

The more mine becomes clogged up with adverts the less I go on it . My interest groups are useful if I need questions answered .

One thing I bloomin hate are all these daily affirmation posts that certain friends post .

Agree with a lot of others - great for groups and local info but not for anything else anymore - it seems so 2009 to be posting about your dog walk these days 🤣

Yes I hardly go on it now and can’t remember the last time I posted anything. It’s boring really.

I was told by my friends son in his 20s that facebook is for over 50s, and I have to agree 😂😂 I feel like it's the generation above me making the odd embarrassing post and ads. I was always so happy my mum never had Facebook and feel sorry for some people seeing how their mums post on there sometimes aswell. I'm not on there anymore either, I think it's dying, yes.

I deleted my account about 4 years ago now. The only thing I miss is that it's harder to know what's going on locally now as a lot of groups just use Facebook. It'll be gone in the UK soon i reckon - they killed it with all the ads.

I still check it every few hours and shamefully I even end up clicking on some of the suggested pages which are often about films and stuff I’m very interested in (which it clearly knows by now). However, apart from a few regular posts from a handful of friends, I don’t see anything from people I actually know. I’m guessing eventually it will just end up one giant toxic Spotted: Local site.

The community groups are incredibly useful.

I moved to a new area a few months ago and they've been great to help me find out what is going on.

Keeping up with friends - less so.

I got rid about 3 years ago (deactivated it so still can log on for photos etc people have sent me or tagged me in of DS but to be fair I haven’t ever logged back in.)

I have Twitter as it’s a good source of news / world events around more niche topics.

I think it soared in popularity in lockdown and then it just became really annoying with people over sharing (and blatantly lying about how great their lives where), I had to get rid as it irritated the shit out of me.

Thanks - not just me then!

I find that when I do post I usually get lots of likes, often from friends who hardly post, so they're still looking! I don't post rubbish (anymore 🤣) just when I've done something interesting I'd like to remember, like a weekend away.

Will be interesting to see what happens....

I got rid of it about 8 years ago. I’d rather speak to people irl. If I don’t see the people irl I don’t really care what they are up to. And if I see the people irl there is nothing to talk about if you’ve already read everything on SM.
The thing that made me leave it was running into 2 people irl that I hadn’t seen for almost 20 years since school. They were asking me up to date things about my life and I realised it was because of Facebook. It freaked me out a bit and made me realise how ridiculous it all was.

I only use it to keep track of useful local community groups/what is happening in our small town and to sell stuff on Marketplace.

I have never used it to share personal stuff.

I look at it but I rarely post anything, I don't think I've posted for around a year. I simply don't feel that I want to share things in that way anymore. My feed is filled with reels and Tik Tok stuff and I'm not interested in that. I am in a couple of groups which are useful.
My eldest son has deleted all his visible social media content and I think he only uses it for messaging. He didn't want a public profile when he started applying for jobs, apart from LinkedIn. He's only in his early 20s.

I think all products come to an end sooner or later - and the fact that Meta now exists and is spending reasearch money the way it is, recognises that Facebook as was, only has a finite future.

Adapt or die.

I agree that social media, in general, is going through the start of another shift. It's been around long enough to no longer be that novel and for scientific studies about its impact (plus real world experience of its impact) to come out and that will change how governments handle it or how people feel about it.