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tikay
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On Monday of this week, for the first time ever, over one billion people used Facebook.
The billionth user milestone was reached 3 years ago, now 1 billion in a single day.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-34082393
HALF of all online users, globally, use Facebook.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-33712729
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Do you use Facebook? If so, why?
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You don't use Facebook?
Why not?
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i post on it less than ever
i have to use it to keep up to date with DTD stuff, they use it very heavily
far far far prefer twitter to follow what i want to follow and not to have to read so much crap
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It's reach is so huge that it has, single-handedly, changed the meaning of words.
A "friend" is now someone you linked to on the internet.
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Quote from: TightEnd on August 28, 2015, 07:33:56 PM
i post on it less than ever
i have to use it to keep up to date with DTD stuff
, they use it very heavily
far far far prefer twitter to follow what i want to follow and not to have to read so much crap
It has become very Corporate, almost every volume retail business (including most Online sites) uses it.
I wonder what the numbers might be without Corporate use?
Individuals feel they have to be on Facebook, or they will miss out on Offers & Freerolls. For the Business, engaging people on Social-Media is now extremely important. The Businesses get a direct link to a billion people. If we limit that to, say, the UK, they must have a direct link to what, 30, 40 million people? And it's (almost) free for Businesses to use.
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August 28, 2015, 07:39:24 PM »
Do use but not very enthusiastically.
It does help keep in touch with old work friends and relatives dawn saff.
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August 28, 2015, 08:13:05 PM »
I try and use it for my work but I'm not that good at using social media so don't do it as often as I should. I hardly ever post a personal status update but I do like to see what everyone is up too!
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Never used any social media in my life. Blonde is my only social media!
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Good for being nosy, keeping in touch with some of the lads I was in the Navy with, and some of the MS groups are very useful, too.
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Don't have an account. Don't think I'm missing too much.
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Quote from: tikay on August 28, 2015, 07:38:24 PM
Quote from: TightEnd on August 28, 2015, 07:33:56 PM
i post on it less than ever
i have to use it to keep up to date with DTD stuff
, they use it very heavily
far far far prefer twitter to follow what i want to follow and not to have to read so much crap
It has become very Corporate, almost every volume retail business (including most Online sites) uses it.
I wonder what the numbers might be without Corporate use?
Individuals feel they have to be on Facebook, or they will miss out on Offers & Freerolls. For the Business, engaging people on Social-Media is now extremely important. The Businesses get a direct link to a billion people. If we limit that to, say, the UK, they must have a direct link to what, 30, 40 million people? And it's (almost) free for Businesses to use.
"bit" of an overgeneralisation don't you think?
It's a small sample but I don't think any of my close friends or family use facebook to capture anything of any commercial value. I'd say it's primary use is to keep in contact with people you don't normally see because you live too far apart.
The only time I can think of contacting anything corporate on facebook is to get a bit of information from them or when it's an event that I want to keep updated about (so technically it's commercial but there's no monetary value attached once I've already decided I'm going/participating).
I think Facebook has only "become very Corporate" if you're mainly surrounding yourself with corporate accounts - if you're primarily following people you actually know then I find the commercial aspect of it very 'hands off'.
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I stopped using it when I realised Chompy unfriended not once but twice, seemed like a new life low. I am back on now with the misson to win him back
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August 28, 2015, 09:38:43 PM »
Never used it. Been tempted a couple of times but the cons seem to outweigh the pros.
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August 28, 2015, 09:54:20 PM »
Never had one until earlier this year, when I joined to utilise a game that gives you stuff in Vegas.
Have mine in a made up name. Only have about a dozen 'friends' on there.
Useful for contacting people when you are abroad and for some sports updates, but could easily go without. Far too much crap gets posted on there
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