Why are you still on FB?
By: Edith Allen
Are Facebook users growing tired of ugly pet and dinner pictures? Is the latest bathroom self portrait the last straw for some people? Something is wrong because the social networking platform has lost millions of users every month for the past six months. The losses are happening in Facebook‘s biggest markets and in developed countries according to analysis firm SocialBakers. Facebook lost six million US visitors, which is a four percent drop. 1.4 million fewer users logged in from the UK. This was a 4.5 percent drop. An April 28 UK Guardian article says that losses have been going on for six months, with a total of almost 9 million fewer visitors a month in the US and two million a month in the UK. Subscribers also dropped out in Canada, Spain, France, Germany and Japan.
Actually the news is not all bad since Facebook has a growing audience in developing nations. Facebook’s South American audience grew by six percent to 70 million. Its Indian audience grew by four percent to 64 million.
Visitors also shortened their stay at Facebook. The average visit was 121 minutes long in December 2012. The duration dropped to 115 minutes in February. Desktop access is down now that users are switching to tablets and mobile devices. The problem is that growth in mobile and tablet access was not enough to make up for the PC losses.
Where are Facebook users going? Instagram is one alternative web destination. Path is a mobile message sharing destination where users share text, voice, location, photos, stickers and more. Path also allows users to share with Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare, and Tumblr.
In the end, Facebook is the source of its own mature market problems. With no remorse over privacy invasions, unwanted page changes, annoying features and intrusive advertising, it may be that users have grown tired of dealing with Facebook.
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Ria
"With no remorse over privacy invasions, unwanted page changes, annoying features and intrusive advertising, it may be that users have grown tired of dealing with Facebook." ---- no doubt!!!
Apr 29, 2013
Ria
In the meantime, we've asked Guardian and Guardian US Facebook readers why they think users are spending less time on Facebook – or why they might be spending more. Here are some comments from the first hour, and we'll add more as the day goes on – you can add your thoughts to the Facebook thread here.
Craig Kanalley: 'Nope, more time'
Rita Chakrabarti: 'Privacy comes up, but it's not the main issue'
Fleur Defries Marais: 'It's too gimmicky'
Ryan Garry:'Too much fighting'
Jessica Hackney Williams: 'It's boring now'
Christine Clifford: 'Hardly surprising'
Paul Farrant: 'It's like having to have a conversation in a pub but being forced to use megaphones'
Tom Watson: ' I never use it for more than 2 hours a day, and that is pushing it'
SOURCE: GUARDIAN
Apr 29, 2013
Deep Space
So sad.
Jan 22, 2014