Meta is starting to ramp up its growth-hacking tactics for Threads in a bid to boost engagement on the Twitter competitor.

  • Melpomene@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    Not at all.

    Facebook is only as necessary as you make it. I’ve not had an account since 2018 and aside from the occasional inconvenience I have been perfectly fine. This idea that we need Meta in our lives is laughably ridiculous.

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      1 year ago

      It’s not so much about Meta itself but a social network can be very useful. It just so happens to be that the most popular one currently is Facebook. If someone decides they want to use and would benefit from the services a social network has to offer then naturally they’re going to want to use the one that almost all the people they know are already using. No point using social network B while all your friends and family are only using social network A. That would be like wanting to party/socialise in the city at night but only going to empty bars and then scratching your head about why you have no one to talk to. You go to the bar that’s popular. The choice of which one is already made for you if that’s the kind of thing you want to do.

      Don’t get me wrong, I spend about a minute on Facebook a month, I find it very useful for events especially. Given the convenience of the tools available, I don’t expect people to message me directly when they’re organising a medium to large gathering.

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        1 year ago

        If they can’t be bothered to send invites, you’re likely an acquaintance at best. But if people enjoy having Facebook? That’s fine. Most people invite me elsewhere if they want me there. Older school, perhaps, but it works.

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          1 year ago

          My best friend is planning her hens do and she invited me only on Facebook and didn’t reach out to me personally. Would you say she is an acquaintance at best?

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            1 year ago

            You’re intentionally ignoring the fact that you use Facebook. If she knew you didn’t have one and just didn’t invite you because typing in your number was too hard?

            She’d be an asshole.