Agreed.
I no longer use MSN or Skype at home now as there is no point.
I used to get lots and lots of jokes by text, now you are lucky if you get one a week.
Facebook on the decline ?
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Agreed.
I no longer use MSN or Skype at home now as there is no point.
I used to get lots and lots of jokes by text, now you are lucky if you get one a week.
I find my news feed is filled with 90% drivel, mostly mum's talking about how much they adore their children or 'funny' pictures/videos which are really getting old.
I keep it for events but I don't share photos anymore and I have uninstalled the (terrible) mobile ad infested app.
I find myself using Twitter and YouTube more these days
I keep it for events but I don't share photos anymore and I have uninstalled the (terrible) mobile ad infested app.
I find myself using Twitter and YouTube more these days
Don't forget the "LIKE IN 3 SECONDS IF YOUR NAME BEGINS WITH S!" followed by 33,056 comments by people called Sean, Sarah, Simon..
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Like and share in 3 seconds or something bad will happen if you don't...
You do realise you can unfriend them, of if you have a need for them to be on your Facebook, hide their feed.
I rarely see/read what people post in there feeds. I follow companys/products and use It for organising and post photos.
I think Facebook is mostly used by people posting about how much better their life is over anyone else's (holiday pics, babies, bank balance, latest toys, etc) to try and make themselves feel better about their non-unusual life, and what people might be finally thinking is 'who cares'.
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People are idiots. They blame their failure to use a product as they would like as a failure of the product itself.
exactly, pretty much every single negative comment, bar the advert one. Is down to the user and not facebook.
I hear what you're saying and I have blocked people and changed settings etc but what's left isn't really worth the bother. I still use Facebook for certain things but no where near as much as I did. I don't put that down to it declining as such but perhaps now I'm a bit older it isn't quite as interesting in my social circle, now that most people I know have settled down.
What it comes down to is I would much rather spend my 10 minutes of lunch time surfing time watching vsauce on YouTube
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To brand someone an idiot for choosing not to use Facebook is ridiculous 
No one has criticised Facebook as a product. Hell it's a genius thing to have invented.
It's fairly obvious you can block people or unfriend them. I personally would rather just avoid Facebook and its annoyances altogether! To block/unfriend one of your friends on there kind of avoids the point of being on there. When I deactivated my account I realised how much unnecessary time I spent on there.
To organise events you can always pick up the phone/text/email.
For companies/products there is LinkedIn.
No one has criticised Facebook as a product. Hell it's a genius thing to have invented. It's fairly obvious you can block people or unfriend them. I personally would rather just avoid Facebook and its annoyances altogether! To block/unfriend one of your friends on there kind of avoids the point of being on there. When I deactivated my account I realised how much unnecessary time I spent on there.
To organise events you can always pick up the phone/text/email.
For companies/products there is LinkedIn.
I hear what you're saying and I have blocked people and changed settings etc but what's left isn't really worth the bother. I still use Facebook for certain things but no where near as much as I did. I don't put that down to it declining as such but perhaps now I'm a bit older it isn't quite as interesting in my social circle, now that most people I know have settled down.
What it comes down to is I would much rather spend my 10 minutes of lunch time surfing time watching vsauce on YouTube
that's what a lot of us do. I don't keep track of friends having poos, in fact if someone posts that its instant ignore/unfriend.
To brand someone an idiot for choosing not to use Facebook is ridiculous
no one has, however people who say stuff like its just people posting **** and that's why they don't use it, are clearly special and unable to do there own thing. Facebook has many aspects, from keeping upto date with certain companies, sharing photos, keeping in contact with family around the world for free, or organising events in an extremely simple way. the good thing is, you can use it however you want.
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To brand someone an idiot for choosing not to use Facebook is ridiculous
It's fairly obvious you can block people or unfriend them. I personally would rather just avoid Facebook and its annoyances altogether! To block/unfriend one of your friends on there kind of avoids the point of being on there. When I deactivated my account I realised how much unnecessary time I spent on there.
To organise events you can always pick up the phone/text/email.
For companies/products there is LinkedIn.
I'm not branding anyone an idiot for not using facebook. I'm branding people idiots for complaining about their news feeds being filled with **** when they are the sole person who allow that **** to be visible.
My only and biggest gripe about Facebook and Twitter is it's never off the TV/radio and the like buttons infected over every web page. If it's not Facebook sharing after you've bought something, it's tv presenters, news or sports talking about Facebook and Tweet in your photos/comments.
I wish it was like the days of myspace, when the only time you heard/read about it was when you were on it. It was rarely ever on tv unless it was somewhat music related. There's hardly a day goes by that somebody talks about Facebook/twitter on the news itself, sports news and so on. Even film trailers now and car ads. Or somebody else asking, are you on Facebook/Twitter?
I have never liked it how the media pushes Facebook and Twitter down your TV/radio like thats the only thing in life, is to express your views.
Sometimes the way all this advertising goes on, you'd think the only thing the internet has to offer is Facebook and Twitter like it's the be all end all. Thats why I find it so annoying.
I wish it was like the days of myspace, when the only time you heard/read about it was when you were on it. It was rarely ever on tv unless it was somewhat music related. There's hardly a day goes by that somebody talks about Facebook/twitter on the news itself, sports news and so on. Even film trailers now and car ads. Or somebody else asking, are you on Facebook/Twitter?
I have never liked it how the media pushes Facebook and Twitter down your TV/radio like thats the only thing in life, is to express your views.
Sometimes the way all this advertising goes on, you'd think the only thing the internet has to offer is Facebook and Twitter like it's the be all end all. Thats why I find it so annoying.
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I just wish it's picture management was better. I think I just need to host my pics elsewhere and link to it - other than that, I install nothing on it, and just use it to catch up with friends and family in far flung places. 
I still think it's a good way of keeping in touch with people
I still think it's a good way of keeping in touch with people
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Indeed. I've either deleted or blocked lots of the inane stuff, and just don't accept things on it. IF used properly and with care, it's a great bit of free social networking.
What's happened to facebook is what happens to any site that become popular with the mainstream public, it's made easier for people to use and connect and the side effect of that is that is that it's made that easy that absolute morons figure out how to use it.
Ebay is another example. When it was lesser known you could find some proper bargains on there and people held their ends. It became popular and easier to use and now it's just full of scammers looking for a quick buck.
Ebay is another example. When it was lesser known you could find some proper bargains on there and people held their ends. It became popular and easier to use and now it's just full of scammers looking for a quick buck.