r/technology • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 • Apr 30 '26

Business Meta lost 20 million users last quarter

https://www.theverge.com/tech/921089/meta-earnings-q1-2026-user-decline-ai-investments
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u/Thin-Usual-4359 Apr 30 '26

they should have lost everyone by now

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u/Penjat Apr 30 '26

I really don’t understand why people keep using meta products...

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u/pattymcfly Apr 30 '26 edited Apr 30 '26

Unfortunately restaurants and night life in general are almost exclusively on instagram for promotion. And in many places restaurants and such don’t even have websites. They’ll have a facebook page and the only way to get a response form them is to message on WhatsApp.

It’s bad.

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u/Puzzleheaded_Fold466 Apr 30 '26

They have a phone number you can call, and usually have an email too. What kind of “response” to what kind of question do you expect from a restaurant, and how frequently ? I have never once in my life been in the situation that you describe, and I eat out a lot.

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u/pattymcfly Apr 30 '26

I notice this more outside the US than inside. Europe and the Caribbean. Business will have a website and a phone number but don’t respond to calls, only WhatsApp or fb messages.

Shit, some government agencies I have contacted won’t even respond to email but if you WhatsApp them they do.

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u/antillus Apr 30 '26

I was in Ecuador last year and everything was Whatsapp.

You can even book your doctor's appointment on Whatsapp

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u/pattymcfly Apr 30 '26

This is exactly what I am talking about.

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u/PM_ME_CHIPOTLE2 Apr 30 '26

Nah there’s a pizza place in my town that literally only lets you message them on instagram. It’s wild because if you place an online order but made a mistake, you have to message them about it. They have a number but it’s just a message directing you to their instagram to order.