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The Death of the Status Update: Why 55% of Americans Stopped Posting on Social Media (ca.pcmag.com)
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[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 20 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

I have 1200 "friends" on Facebook.

Less than a 10th of them "follow" me.

Therefore it is and was a literal waste of time to spend any time on their site.

[–] W3dd1e@lemmy.zip 19 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

On top of that if you open Facebook or Instagram, you won’t see a single one of your friend’s posts. You’ll see AI slop, random propaganda or “Influencera” and an ad every two posts.

You have to search for a friend if you want to find them.