Opinion | Is Facebook yesterday’s news? It sure seems like the social media site has peaked

What is Facebook for anymore? It seems a strange question to ask of one of the most massive human experiments in history. Three billion people log onto the social platform every month, a sort of mind-bending figure that beggars imagination.

Whether it will work is yet unclear. But it does put into stark relief a rather surprising idea: Facebook appears to be in decline, fading in cultural relevance as it is usurped by something new. Whether that will actually come to pass seems profoundly uncertain. While there are many intriguing applications for a metaverse — think of a virtual 4D architectural plan that will let designers catch issues before any concrete is actually poured — the idea that you and I will hang out in virtual reality with headsets over our faces seems a lot more dubious.

TikTok, by contrast, struck gold because, instead of trying to be the place for friends to connect, it focused on showing you content by interest, not whether or not you were actually connected to a person. The app, which started out as predominantly focused on lip-synching and music, now shows very short videos of all kinds.

navalang Facebook is for mostly propaganda

navalang In my town it is used to pass on news. We have no local media anymore.

navalang Pets and travel snaps

navalang I use it to keep in touch with my fam and friends around the world. I am happy to use it I dont pay for anything on it.meh

navalang The point is for the govt to collect all your information to use against you

navalang Bring back Geocities.

navalang The point is to make profits.

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