Facebook - Time To Die?

mariner4life

<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Baron Silas Greenback" data-cid="552788" data-time="1452851886">
My wife went to varsity with mariner.. but she remained hot. She might also read my posts </blockquote>
 
Don't worry mate it's not her

Kirwan

<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="NTA" data-cid="552376" data-time="1452743249">I'm on Twitter because there is less room for drivel. People are forced to get to the fucking point when there is only 140 characters to play with. 
Plus there is some funny shit on there. 
The people I know who are casual users of Twitter kind of don't get why they need "another, smaller facebook" and that's a fair point.</blockquote>
 
Heard a rumour Twitter is experimenting with upping the 140 limit to 10000. How to kill your point of difference in one single step.

NTA

<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Kirwan" data-cid="552857" data-time="1452921189">Heard a rumour Twitter is experimenting with upping the 140 limit to 10000. How to kill your point of difference in one single step.</blockquote>
Couple of changes to the app pissing apple users off on terms of timeline order at the moment. 
I've noticed in droid if I reply from the notifications it puts my handle in there as well as the other people

Kirwan

Even though that platform seems to be everywhere, Twitter are really struggling to monetise (opposite of Facebook which is making a killing on mobile). 
So I expect all sorts of weirdness as they try various Hail Marys. Sounds like the new Ceo is more developer friendly, so we might see some good clients again from outside Twitter

NTA

They've got Instagram on one side, who had almost completely sewn up the stills market, THEN introduced video which simultaneously gave competition to operations like Vines as well.
 
Up the other end, FB introducing "Share Now" early last year made their content direction as powerful as google (moreso for video according to some stats).
 
You'd think a 140 character platform would be the essence (almost literally) of Web 2.0: fast-moving, snippets of information, conveying your message as quickly as possible before the cycle turns around.
 
Instead they're kind of stodge, while FB decided to have a go at being the everyman social media platform.
 
Now Twitter are more of a linking strategy, and no-one can figure out what to do. If they go to 1000 characters, the news feed will be useless on mobile, and you're a fool if you forget that.
 
I don't use Insta except when someone links in an image. I got sick of trying to have my fitness app feed twitter feed FB but not the other way and then linking in other shit? Forget it.

Kirwan

Not 1000, 10,000! There is an article online thats shows how nuts that's going to be. 
Hopefully their A B testing will show that it's a bad idea.

Smudge

Facebook had it right a couple of years ago where, if one of your friends was sharing rubbish inspirational posters and the like, you could go to their profile, hover over your relationship with them (Friends) and you could use the drop down list to tick and untick what you wanted to see from them. Ie. You could choose to see status updates and photos, but not shares, likes and other such things. Shame they canned that. I've also noticed they've lremoved the ability to search through your friends posts year by year month by month. If you want to see something from December 2014 (don't ask why you would...), you just have to keep going to the bottom of the page until all their posts between now and then appear. Whereas, you used to be able to choose a year and a month if you were looking for something specific.

antipodean

They've stuffed the feed by having it default to Top Stories instead of most recent, and telling me that people commented on someone I don't know's post. How many times do I have to hide the post for Facebook to understand I don't give a fuck?

taniwharugby

I thought it was supposed to be more intuitive, based around your likes, searches, feedback on ads you didnt want to see etc...certainly doesnt appear the case.

NTA

I fucking hate "Top Stories". What a shit feature. <blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="antipodean" data-cid="552915" data-time="1452984635">They've stuffed the feed by having it default to Top Stories instead of most recent, and telling me that people commented on someone I don't know's post. How many times do I have to hide the post for Facebook to understand I don't give a fuck?</blockquote>
Similarly, Twitter throws something into your feed occasionally. You dismiss it, and it asks if you want to. Say YES. 
Then it asks if you liked it. Say NO. 
Two days later, similar bullshit occurs.

mariner4life

I'm currently trying to convince myself that even bent, friend requesting the girl noted above is a bad idea

Smudge

<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Smudge" data-cid="552910" data-time="1452982330">
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Facebook had it right a couple of years ago where, if one of your friends was sharing rubbish inspirational posters and the like, you could go to their profile, hover over your relationship with them (Friends) and you could use the drop down list to tick and untick what you wanted to see from them. Ie. You could choose to see status updates and photos, but not shares, likes and other such things. Shame they canned that. I've also noticed they've lremoved the ability to search through your friends posts year by year month by month. If you want to see something from December 2014 (don't ask why you would...), you just have to keep going to the bottom of the page until all their posts between now and then appear. Whereas, you used to be able to choose a year and a month if you were looking for something specific.
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Looks like the timeline search is back on the full version. Huzzah.

taniwharugby

FB is just a platform to moan and bitch for a decent chunk of users! 
 
So many ill-informed posts about TPPA, and closer to home the Govt has pledged money to a bunch of stuff for Northland, and still the people bitch and moan.
 
So many simply have no idea how the real world works...I've already done a cull of pages and people I follow! 
 
But on the flipside, there is also some great stuff on there too, shame the fucktards of the world ruin it for the rest of us.

Bones

<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="taniwharugby" data-cid="556404" data-time="1454570056">
But on the flipside, there is also some great stuff on there too...</blockquote>
 
You're welcome.

taniwharugby

bro I've got your posts on high alert, an e-mail, alarm goes off on my phone, a reminder every minute there after, missing seeing what you have for breakfast is not an option!

Bones

<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="taniwharugby" data-cid="556407" data-time="1454571460">bro I've got your posts on high alert, an e-mail, alarm goes off on my phone, a reminder every minute there after, missing seeing what you have for breakfast is not an option!</blockquote>
Another mahoosive bowl of awesome.

Donsteppa

I finally used the unfriend function on Facebook for the first time this week. 
There are some topics that it's inappropriate (or at the least unwise) for me to post about on Facebook... and when some individuals start sharing 15+ posts on those topics in one day alone, it's either reply or use the bye-bye function... Unfriend won.

jegga

<a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='https://hbr.org/2016/02/the-reason-twitters-losing-active-users'>https://hbr.org/2016/02/the-reason-twitters-losing-active-users</a>
 
Also
 
Stephen Fry has deleted his Twitter account in the wake of the furore surrounding his "bag lady" joke about Jenny Beavan at the Baftas on Sunday night.
The 58-year-old actor-and-writer made the gag in reference to what Jenny wore to the ceremony after she collected her award for Costume Design for her work on Mad Max: Fury Road.
As Beavan left the stage, Fry quipped: "Only one of the great cinematic costume designers would come to the awards ceremony dressed like a bag lady."
His comment drew an avalanche of criticism from Twitter users who were quick to condemn the comic star for what he said.
Fry went on to the social networking site to inform the irate web mob that he and Beavan are old friends and she was in on the joke at the Baftas - which were held at The Royal Opera House in London.
He tweeted: "So just a word to the tragic figures who think calling Jenny Beavan a bag lady was an insult. She's a dear friend and she got it. Derrr
"Will all you sanctimonious fers fk the f*k off Jenny Beavan is a friend and joshing is legitimate. Christ I want to leave the planet."
And going into more detail about their relationship, he wrote: "We worked together on Gosford Park & Sherlock Holmes: Game of Shadows. She's more grown up & strong than you are (sic)."
But after his attempt to set the record straight seemingly didn't work, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies star made the call to close his Twitter account down.
This is not the first time Fry has quit Twitter - only to eventually return. In 2010 he logged off after being heavily criticised for claiming women didn't like sex as much as gay men in an interview.
And in 2009 he left the online platform for a time in the wake of a row with another user admitting he had become tired of the "aggression and unkindness" on the site.

Paekakboyz

So when do we start slutting ourselves out for more TSF - FB friends? I'm tracking some of you deviants already... :whistle:

taniwharugby

My name in RL is Kanye West, send me a friend request or abuse, up to you.

The Silver Fern

Facebook - Time To Die?