I don't really use facebook anymore so couldn't care less; but so happened to log in today to change my password and saw this on my front page.
this post was submitted on 06 Nov 2023
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Ok but who the fuck uses Facebook?
Boom boom boomers
So people who don’t know about adblockers, generally.
I love that go-to. The boomers aren't the ones using it, it's their kids. I seriously think 90% of the people that use the term Boomer have no clue what generation their talking about.
Eh, I see Boomer used as a state of mind as often as a generation. It's like Karen, calling soneone a Karen isn't claiming their name is Karen, it's calling out a state of mind.
There are a few countries where Facebook is still pretty popular. The Philippines, for example
One of my parent's dozen+ facebook bots that steal their pictures/identity, because they are too dumb to know how to configure FB privacy settings. It's disturbing how many of them just scour profiles, replicate, and impersonate to scam.
Averyone who wants to have social life in my country
Oh wow, im sorry for you.
Call them, text them, there's a difference between FB friends, and actual friends.
My ASD brother, who prefers to be contacted through it. I want to maintain what little relationship I have with him.
In Brazil, it is useful to contact people that you know in real life, family and friends...
Plus, it sorta works like a Craigslist here. People sell and buy things from Facebook everyday, and people advertise their business and services here (e.g: restaurants, plumbing services, gift stores, etc)
I'll be that sort of person to say that the change starts when you also start. When messengers weren't a thing here, I started moving people I talk with to a messenger of my choice. Slowly after some time all the people I know were using it without giving any thought because turns out they just use whatever works. Several months go by and I safely use nothing but that messenger of my choice. Whenever a person asks if I use Facebook/Whatsapp, I just say "I don't have it, do you have (that messenger of my choice) or do you prefer SMS?" - and it kind of works for me.