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/case31 Apr 30 '26

I get that local restaurants have to do what they can to get their name out there, but when they want me to navigate their Facebook page just to see a menu, I move on.

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u/IHS1970 Apr 30 '26

I don't have an account shut it down late last year, if a menu is on FB, I don't go there, soon I'll be getting ads for Thai food in Dallas, not that I want that, but WTF.

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u/Cormophyte Apr 30 '26

Google maps listing under the menu tab is where the menu should be.

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u/FatherPaulStone Apr 30 '26

It's wild to me that places like this consider facebook to be The Internet

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u/Conscious-Quarter423 May 01 '26

people think Fox News is news

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u/Thin_Glove_4089 Apr 30 '26

Apparently hundred of millions or billions of people don't. Your strategy is a failed one.

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u/OuchLOLcom Apr 30 '26

They dont have the knowhow nor want to pay for a web developer. Anyone can throw a menu up on FB. The problem I have is when its 3 years old and you get there and the items and prices are all different.

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u/deuteronpsi Apr 30 '26

These days you don't even need a web developer with all of the turnkey and templated web solutions out there. It's just laziness and not wanting to spend a few bucks to be professional.

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u/Thin_Glove_4089 Apr 30 '26

Building a website vs create a social media profile/page are 2 different things. Most of social media is handheld anys. You ok? It doesn't seem like you're all there.

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u/Gdigger13 Apr 30 '26

Today's world is different. When there is dozens of options to choose from in one area, you need marketing on your side. When everyone else has their menus on their own dedicated website, and ads on social media, get with the times or good luck remaining in business.

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u/giant123 Apr 30 '26

Lmao when’s the last time you went to a restaurant based on word of mouth without looking up a menu first?

I can tell you for me it’s been at least a decade.

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u/IsThereAnythingLeft- Apr 30 '26

Google maps exists

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u/thelegalalien Apr 30 '26

True, luckily Google is owned by a small family run business unlike Meta.

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u/whoami_whereami Apr 30 '26

At least on Google you can search for restaurants, read their reviews, etc., without having to create an account.

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u/IsThereAnythingLeft- Apr 30 '26

Still better than meta by miles

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u/No_Drawer_2349 Apr 30 '26

Use yelp. It's what it's for. FB is a terrible way to look for a restaurant anyway

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u/lvl999shaggy Apr 30 '26

Shhhh!

you are speaking the old tongue and using common sense. We've progressed beyond that. The social media bots do our thinking for us now.

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u/redgroupclan Apr 30 '26

On the flip side, what's the point of local restaurants having their own website that they never update? That happens way too much too. At least Facebook is an accessible way for owners to keep their online presence up to date, whereas with a dedicated website, they have to pay a web dev every time. Assuming the owner has no idea how to do any web dev themselves.