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I read "it's dying" by people on Discord and Reddit all the time, but the numbers prove otherwise. It's been going up this entire time and sitting over 3 billion MONTHLY ACTIVE USERS!

I feel like the bubble around people on other platforms saying "who uses Facebook anymore lol" is kind of wild given the numbers. Keep in mind these are active users not just abandoned accounts.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago (5 children)

I'm in Canada, and I'm pretty locked into Facebook for a few things:

  • Marketplace (other buy and sell groups, finding contractors/handymen)
  • Events (parties and such)
  • Promoting my band
  • Group chats (Facebook is the platform that has the maximum overlap between people just being on there, not everyone has an iPhone, or is on WhatsApp, or is on discord, etc)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (3 children)

People always talk about WhatsApp but no one in North America uses it.

[–] slowwooderrunsdeep 6 points 8 months ago

WhatsApp is very common if anyone in your inner circle is international (as in lives in another country, not just from there). My family still uses it for our group chat bc one of my siblings used to travel a lot and live overseas, and we’re all American.

I have other friends from other countries who use WhatsApp to talk to people back home, but they also use standard messaging apps for talking to people here.

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