| ▲ | asveikau 6 hours ago |
| I don't think normies have a positive association with meta. |
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| ▲ | spiderice 6 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| They have over 3 billion monthly active users... Almost half the earth. I think you need to recalibrate what a "normie" is. |
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| ▲ | dspillett 5 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | A great many use their products grudgingly in my experience - posting minimally, staying because network effects make it difficult to completely move, and not wanting to give FB and friends more than they already do. | |
| ▲ | asveikau 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | I think you need to recalibrate in your own mind what using a product means. It doesn't mean you like it, or the company behind it. It may also be due to monopoly status. Do you like your utility company? Your phone company? Your ISP? Your insurance? | | |
| ▲ | motoxpro 5 hours ago | parent [-] | | Huh? I would echo the sentiment of you recalibrating what a normie is. This is a crazy take. I would guess that fair amount of people have no idea that Facebook rebranded to Meta, let alone what goes on in and around the company. Meta products are entertainment, not water and power, comparing them to that is so overblown. Plenty of people don't use IG or Facebook at all, and plenty of people just go on every now and then and enjoy the experience and leave. | | |
| ▲ | asveikau 5 hours ago | parent [-] | | Here's what I found when I googled "polling on Mark Zuckerberg": > Roughly 54% to 70% of Americans express an unfavorable view of him > Zuckerberg is viewed negatively by both major parties. Democrats and Republicans alike report high rates of disapproval regarding his influence and leadership. > Dislike for the Meta CEO spans all age groups, though younger adults display particularly high skepticism. YOU GUYS are so far out of touch to say normies don't hate and distrust the people behind Meta. They will use the products but this is not a positive reflection on the brand at all. | | |
| ▲ | spiderice 3 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | You are playing games. You implied that people's feelings for FB would prevent people from being the target audience. Clearly that isn't true. Now you're hyper focusing on how people feel about FB, and not whether it precludes them from being the target market. Convenient. And before you respond saying "I never said they aren't the target market, just that they hate FB". To which I say, reread the damn conversation. You're obviously drawing a relation between hating FB and not being the target market. Even if you're now scrambling to back out of that claim because we've shown you 3 billion reasons why you're wrong. | | |
| ▲ | asveikau 17 minutes ago | parent [-] | | I'm not playing games. All I said to enter this thread was: > I don't think normies have a positive association with meta. And a bunch of you guys contested this for some reason. |
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| ▲ | iAMkenough 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | They bought those users. I’d quit ASAP if it wasn’t necessary for work. However, I won’t give them a dime. |
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| ▲ | ieie3366 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Hahaha most Meta product users don't even know what Meta is |
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| ▲ | asveikau 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | Yes, the fact that they renamed from Facebook helps them buy some time before people figure it out. But they don't feel good about the company. | | |
| ▲ | bigyabai 2 hours ago | parent [-] | | How much time? 5 years? 10 years? 100 years? The average user doesn't make principled decisions around what hardware they use, the software they buy or the services they use. We have billions of Chinese phones and Windows laptops as proof of that. You can give them decades to make a healthier choice, and they'll still go back to use Meta properties if it gives them what they want. HN users are a tiny minority of social media users, and I think it's easy to buy the fallacy that our privacy-obsessed outlook is the norm. But much like YouTube or X, there will be people defending these dumpster fires until their final breath because it's what they want. We can't stop them any more than I can make you quit using HN. |
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| ▲ | colordrops 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| Someone is using their products. |
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| ▲ | asveikau 6 hours ago | parent [-] | | This is different from liking them. | | |
| ▲ | loeg 4 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | Only because you've redefined dislike to encompass portions of what most people would call like. | |
| ▲ | a2ff6eeb0 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | But not different enough to prevent people from using them. |
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