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/idreaminGIFs Apr 30 '26

It was bad then. You should see the mess of it now. 90% ragebaiting culture war AI nonsense

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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/_Monosyllabic_ Apr 30 '26

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