Facebook turns 20, says “I love you, dad” to Mark Zuckerberg،
It's Facebook, of course! There is an abundance of Facebook users who, despite logging in daily, have given up posting photos (there's Instagram), uploading videos (that's what TikTok is for), and writing down their thoughts ( X/Twitter is alive and well, despite the threat of Meta Threads). And many have simply given up showing their private lives on the web.
Facebook, however, will celebrate its 20th anniversary in February 2024 and 20 years is a serious number, so we can't just ignore it.
“20 years later. Still like this,” Zuck says on Instagram and shares a “before and after” photo of himself standing in front of a computer, allegedly from 2004 and 2024.
Facebook's official Instagram account comments “I love you, Dad” on another post from Zuck that commemorates the anniversary, this time a short compilation video:
EngadgetThe report notes that 20 years later, “Facebook is a secondary character in Mark Zuckerberg’s universe”.
This could be a side effect of a survey that found three in four adult Americans think Facebook is “making society worse.” Or maybe fewer people might be active on Facebook due to Meta's decision to redesign Facebook's feed and instead of seeing their friends' posts, users are now bombarded with recommendations from groups and of “random” pages (the algorithm is supposed to give you what you want, but some people report only receiving irrelevant suggestions).
The report highlights that those least likely to interact with the Facebook app are teenagers. No surprises here. If you're wondering where young people are hanging out online these days, you've probably never heard of TikTok, YouTube, and Discord.
Only a third of American teenagers say they have “already” used Facebook. This is a pretty dramatic drop from the 71% of teens using it in 2015. “This dynamic, in which Facebook's user base is aging faster than its product, has led some academics to conclude that the social network will one day have more profiles for Facebook users. dead than alive,” the article reads.
Today, Facebook has more than 3 billion monthly users. Are you one of those who just logs in and stays silent, or do you still post on Facebook?
