That may be, but they have 100’s of millions of users, and most of them will never entertain an alternative until [insert world-breaking issue/event here].
Maybe it’s OK though. The big majority usually follows what is default, and then you have a minority doing something different. Linux users are like 1% and it’s still enough for the community to thrive and enjoy themselves a lot. It’s probably the same here, that once we reach enough users to keep things interesting, we don’t actually need more users. :)
@sina @dukethorion FB is for lazy boomers who are too scared of anything truly technological
That may be, but they have 100’s of millions of users, and most of them will never entertain an alternative until [insert world-breaking issue/event here].
Maybe it’s OK though. The big majority usually follows what is default, and then you have a minority doing something different. Linux users are like 1% and it’s still enough for the community to thrive and enjoy themselves a lot. It’s probably the same here, that once we reach enough users to keep things interesting, we don’t actually need more users. :)
@smartwater0897 @dukethorion Exactly. FB corrals a big chunk of the low-effort people into one place who would otherwise ruin great communities.