<story><title>FB feed is 98% suggested pages and barely any friends&apos; posts</title><url>https://old.reddit.com/r/facebook/comments/tvqddc/fb_feed_is_98_suggested_pages_and_barely_any/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>ok123456</author><text>The people using Marketplace are the people who wouldn&amp;#x27;t be using the site otherwise, and who are there for the express purpose of doing commerce. No one over 40 would be caught dead of facebook otherwise.</text></item><item><author>elcomet</author><text>That might be the reason for you, but there are many other reasons why people still use the site. For example, coordinating events with friends, discover local events, discussing on messenger, sharing photos, discussing in groups...</text></item><item><author>ok123456</author><text>Marketplace is the only reason a lot of people still use the site. This is since especially true for people looking for beater cars since Craigslist started charging $5 to post ads for cars.&lt;p&gt;If Apple or someone else with an ax to grind with Facebook really wanted to bust Meta&amp;#x27;s kneecaps, they could off to subsidize this charge. Maybe also help them out with fraud and spam detection, since that&amp;#x27;s where most of the overhead on that section is going to come from.</text></item><item><author>ineptech</author><text>Crazy idea: FB should stop trying to lure people back from Tiktok with weird features and just lean in to its one remaining strength, which is that among social media sites, it&amp;#x27;s the most generic and boring and ubiquitous.  Being the default place for non-influencers to do quotidian stuff like hearing about school closings, joining the PTA or HOA, coordinating family gatherings, see your nephew&amp;#x27;s school photos, etc would be a pretty good little business.  And they already have all of that functionality built, so they could run significantly leaner, and hence not have to drive their remaining users away with excessive ads.&lt;p&gt;This seems like a good idea to me.  But I also think it&amp;#x27;s about as likely to happen as President Stallman.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>max51</author><text>&amp;gt;No one over 40 would be caught dead of facebook otherwise.&lt;p&gt;Until their HOA or their sports club start using Facebook as their official platform for announcements and communication.&lt;p&gt;I know there are other free platform that could fill the same role, but you will never find one where literally more than half the adult population already has an account and is familiar with the interface&amp;#x2F;features.  Lots of groups use it because it&amp;#x27;s the path of least resistance.</text></comment>
<story><title>FB feed is 98% suggested pages and barely any friends&apos; posts</title><url>https://old.reddit.com/r/facebook/comments/tvqddc/fb_feed_is_98_suggested_pages_and_barely_any/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>ok123456</author><text>The people using Marketplace are the people who wouldn&amp;#x27;t be using the site otherwise, and who are there for the express purpose of doing commerce. No one over 40 would be caught dead of facebook otherwise.</text></item><item><author>elcomet</author><text>That might be the reason for you, but there are many other reasons why people still use the site. For example, coordinating events with friends, discover local events, discussing on messenger, sharing photos, discussing in groups...</text></item><item><author>ok123456</author><text>Marketplace is the only reason a lot of people still use the site. This is since especially true for people looking for beater cars since Craigslist started charging $5 to post ads for cars.&lt;p&gt;If Apple or someone else with an ax to grind with Facebook really wanted to bust Meta&amp;#x27;s kneecaps, they could off to subsidize this charge. Maybe also help them out with fraud and spam detection, since that&amp;#x27;s where most of the overhead on that section is going to come from.</text></item><item><author>ineptech</author><text>Crazy idea: FB should stop trying to lure people back from Tiktok with weird features and just lean in to its one remaining strength, which is that among social media sites, it&amp;#x27;s the most generic and boring and ubiquitous.  Being the default place for non-influencers to do quotidian stuff like hearing about school closings, joining the PTA or HOA, coordinating family gatherings, see your nephew&amp;#x27;s school photos, etc would be a pretty good little business.  And they already have all of that functionality built, so they could run significantly leaner, and hence not have to drive their remaining users away with excessive ads.&lt;p&gt;This seems like a good idea to me.  But I also think it&amp;#x27;s about as likely to happen as President Stallman.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>BbzzbB</author><text>It&amp;#x27;s funny how much projection people do when speaking of FB, as if their personal experience offers some deep insight into a platform of 3.5 billion users whose usage varies by user, demography and geography.</text></comment>