I detested Facebook since it first came online. Why would anyone want “friends” they’ve never met? Do glance occasionaly at our neighborhood page that is usually about lost cats and dogs. I know where my cats ate. Booth need dinner npw and sodo I.
I deleted my account in 2017 and deleted evrey post I ever made on it, which weren’t many.............
> Why would anyone want “friends” they’ve never met? <
I’ve got a few of those, but for informational reasons only. These are FB sites where you can ask an obscure question and get good answers, quickly.
Kinda like Free Republic, but more specialized.
Facebook was very useful to me back in 2007 to 2018. i’ve been living in a few different countries (business transfers) through my 20s and early 30s so I have contacts or even friends across the world.
Facebook was a great way to see what people you may not contact more than monthly, what they’re up to and perhaps some common points.
Perhaps if they make it a paid service with minimal payments, it would work - but they would have to settle for much lower revenues. And THAT would be anathema to the stock market.
but recently I found another use — my son’s phone was stolen and then a few days later was abandoned and found by a lady (it’s a “nothing” phone so difficult to hack) and she posted on a local facebook group — the cops to whom we reported this, they checked this group (we never thought of this) and voila, we got the phone back!
lost cats and dogs — Veto, imagine if your cat was lost, wouldn’t seeing her on this group really help you?
facebook could be very useful, but as a utility - and no stock market will tolerate that