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0 pointsghaff4y ago0 comments

Even in my older demographic (i.e. those of us who got in when you still needed edu addresses or shortly thereafter) which is supposedly more the core audience for Facebook this days, I don't see people "rage quitting." But I do see essentially everyone in my circles (including myself) having dialed down usage a lot.

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oramit4y ago

Mid 30's here and I joined right after the .edu requirement was dropped. Everyone in my age group is on Facebook but they rarely post anymore because they are busy! They all have kids and jobs and house projects they are working on and the novelty of updating about everything has worn off so they post very infrequently. When Gen-Zers make jokes about Facebook being for old people, that's us!

The algorithmic feed can't handle the "lack" of new posts though so it keeps inserting lots of ads, videos, and whatever that I don't actually care about. I really like Facebook when it is about interacting with my friends but everything else is a distraction. The level of distraction in Facebook is just too high. It's okay if nothing is going on!

thefourthchime4y ago

Mid 40's here. I have a single friend that still posts frequently. Everyone else has either dropped off entirely or rarely posts. My wife is on facebook all the time, but it's for her social groups, like Mom, teacher groups.

At least for me, the overheated political posts became a huge turn off. I think many people left after the election.

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thefourthchime4y ago

At least for me, the overheated political posts became a huge turn off. I think many people left after the election.

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