Comments on: The State of the Facebook

By: speedroc

speedroc — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 15:15:25 +0000

Great article.

I just hide things and people from my news feed and spend most of my time reading from groups I belong to. It’s just a passing hobby for me now, and I admit to not liking it or participating as much as I used.

By: MattChi

MattChi — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 12:46:43 +0000

” I don’t talk to nearly anyone from my high school anymore, but I’ll be damned if I can’t rattle off what 30 of them are up to these days, and they could probably do the same for me. It’s really weird.”

This is precisely why I like facebook. So that I can keep track of what other people are doing, even if I don’t talk to them. I might not still “know” them, but I do find it nice to know what they are up to.

By: Sams

Sams — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 12:37:01 +0000

you are totally right. I mainly use it for organising things with friends seeing as everyone I know uses it.

My girlfriend uses it to stalk other girls I know and make herself feel like sh*t and sometimes better haha.

Facebook is pretty useless.

By: I_Like_icecream

I_Like_icecream — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 03:26:49 +0000

I wholeheartedly agree.

I permanently deleted my facebook over three years ago, though I was dragged (kicking and screaming) back into creating a new profile about a year and a half ago. The thing is, in that time I’ve lived on three continents (aside from the one I grew up on). So now my feed is filled with a very large contingent of strangers from all over the world, who I had one crazy night with (we had to be friends so we could tag each other!). Most people in my feed don’t live in the same country as me, and only about 10% in the same country. Most of my feed is in foreign languages (that I don’t understand), and I find the whole experience extremely unrewarding.

It also creeps me out when people know what I’ve been up to. In a year and a half I’ve updated my status about three times, and added about 60 photos.

I detest how much of a necessary part of life the site has become. Because it’s hella boring.

By: Tim W.

Tim W. — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 22:45:54 +0000

I have no facebook or twitter. I swore off reddit months ago. THIS is the biggest community I belong to on the internet, and I like it that way. You should be proud, Paul. You’ve facilitated a strong community here on this site.

Also, once again, I apologize tremendously for past instances of me personally being a douche bag on this site. I was going through a rough time and being a real keyboard warrior to take my frustrations out. Real healthy, right? I’ve since found more proactive outlets.

Thank you again for the quality and content of this site.

By: WakyWizerdX

WakyWizerdX — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 19:25:07 +0000

There are some uses for facebook, although I know very few. I’m involved with the local music scene in my area so the option to create events on facebook has kind of replaced the new show flyers of yester years. Other than keeping track of local concerts, ya facebook has just turned into spam.

By: mandy

mandy — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 19:11:46 +0000

Give your link posts better descriptions or at least something besides just the name of the article or ‘here’s this’. If you want them to get interactions, you have to give your audience a reason to take action beyond the click.

Also, .. creating a whole new ‘pro page’ is just going to complicate your shit even more. Unless you’re having problems with fan/grandma crossover, this is pointless imo.

By: Mr B

Mr B — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 18:29:48 +0000

I think what I hate more is the sponsored ads.

Seriously Facebook, you are probably tracking everything I do and look at, am I likely to buy a £70,000 Land Rover???, my rare FB status is usually something to do with Ghostbusters action figures or moaning about how Michael Bay needs to stop ruining Transformers.

I think you are missing your demographics a bit…

Now I think about it, I dont think Ive had a single sponsored advert for spiderman comics. Weird.

By: David Forck

David Forck — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 18:26:40 +0000

Oh, and honestly, feeling like a dick is meaningless because they probably won’t even notice that you deleted them. if you really care, put up a public message that says “i’m cleaning my friends list and might accidentally delete someone. just send me a friend request”, and if it’s someone you dont’ care about, ignore the friend request or redirect them to the professional page.

By: David Forck

David Forck — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 18:24:28 +0000

Pro tip: create a professional page for your followers to like and subscribe to you. this should contain just that stuff you want to share with those that follow you on unreality, or forbes, or whatever else you have. then go through your personal facebook and remove the people that you either don’t care about or just don’t know who they are (but be sure to tell those that are fan know about the professional page).

i’ve seen this dynamic quite a bit with actors and other people, should work for you as well.