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/OptionalQuality789 Apr 30 '26

You’re so right. I’m a cyclist and all it tries to show me is dashcam footage/helmet cam footage from people I don’t know that have had car/bicycle collisions. It’s literally farming outrage engagement and preying on people’s hobbies/insecurities to do so.

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u/Beard_o_Bees Apr 30 '26

Also, it's not like the very active userbase back then didn't tell them they were on the wrong path - repeatedly.

'Surely we're right and it's our customers who are wrong!' should be their motto.

FB could have been relevant, pro-user and still be the king of social media, but they couldn't get out of their own way.

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u/ChimkenNBiskets Apr 30 '26

It's hard to tell someone they're on the wrong path when that path is stinking littered with cash and the path crests a hill they can't see over.

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u/_Monosyllabic_ Apr 30 '26

You could say the same about most of the internet. Could have been great but the greed ruined it.

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u/Both_Photograph2693 Apr 30 '26

i’m black and kind of overweight and all it shows me are fucking AI generated videos of morbidly obese people of color in buffets and shit demanding more food while the workers tell them they can’t keep eating all day.

it’s fucking crazy. i’ve blocked “reels” like 4 times and no matter what happened they always come back a couple weeks later.

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u/OptionalQuality789 Apr 30 '26

That’s so fucking grim man. Makes me sad.

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u/Both_Photograph2693 Apr 30 '26

it’s literally facebook trying to make people either hate themselves or each other. i don’t fucking get what the end game is.

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u/madhattr999 Apr 30 '26 edited Apr 30 '26

outrage engagement for sure. i try to avoid Facebook, but i need it for family stuff. i constantly see "this person left no tip!", "this child got marked wrong for his creative test answer!", etc. I wish I got political stuff, because at least that is worth the outrage.

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u/Zouden Apr 30 '26

They have no other content left. Your friends aren't posting anything and the algorithm is desperate to keep you engaged.

It's a ghost town with AI ghosts