>The verdict has forced those inside the companies to grapple with the fact that many outsiders do not view them as favourably as they have come to view themselves.

I'm not sure this rings true to me. Meta has to know that millenials and younger are giving up on their platforms, they have endless internal data showing it, right? If anything they are just afraid of endless litigation while they are struggling to gain an AI foothold.

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deaux 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

> Meta has to know that millenials and younger are giving up on their platforms, they have endless internal data showing it, right?

Do you have a source for that? I don't think it's true when looking at global Meta numbers across _all_ Meta social platforms (FB+Instagram+Threads) combined.

	▲	hiq a day ago \| parent [-]
		Also WhatsApp which leans towards social features ("Updates"), in some countries. > Threads I had forgotten this one existed, so much so that I got surprised by my own forgetfulness. What's up with it, is it popular among certain demographics?

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munificent 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

> Meta has to know that millenials and younger are giving up on their platforms, they have endless internal data showing it, right?

Facebook is dwindling, but Instagram is still thriving.

	▲	alex1138 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		I hate that they own it. The case for antitrust is less than in the case of Whatsapp (though with Instagram Zuckerberg had to hasily backpedal in an email, probably because his lawyer furiously told him not to say certain things about buying up the competition) but they tried merging all the backend systems for messaging once Instagram doesn't make Zuckerberg "successful". He's a black hat that deserves jail

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bsder 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

> Meta has to know that millenials and younger are giving up on their platforms, they have endless internal data showing it, right?

If that were true, they would be going somewhere and that somewhere would be visible. The last "new" thing that got any traction was TikTok and that is almost 10 years old at this point.

For a while, the Fediverse stuff (specifically Bluesky) seemed to be getting some traction, but apparently the Fediverse wasn't ready for the influx and people have started leaching back.

The social media sites have things pretty well carved up between them. If you want competition that doesn't suck as bad, you have to break them up.

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intended 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

That’s different. A friend at one of the SM platforms didn’t think they were the “bad guys”. Even now if you talk to people at Meta, they will point out the good they do.

I am sympathetic, because there is actual good that Meta does and teams that still try to fight the good fight.

But this is different from the way they are perceived in the broader public, which includes more than teens.

This is ignoring the strong America centricism that permeates decision making at an American firm. The emotions in the rest of the world are not even given the same degree of consideration.