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As amazing as it sounds, the social network juggernaut that’s almost to big to fail, actually lost 600,000 users in the UK over Christmas. Looks like a load of Britons had just plain had enough with Zukerberg’s privacy invasions.
According to a report from SocialBankers, Facebook lost 1.86 per cent of its users in the UK. Yes, there’s normally a seasonal blip, but apparently the UK was the only one of Facebook’s top 10 markets to actually see a loss in December.
Has Facebook reached saturation point? Does anyone actually care? I can’t say I blame people for jumping ship from Facebook, but then, how would anyone organise a party anymore without the big blue F? [SocialBankers via Guardian]
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People have just found a better alternative http://goo.gl/LPWxW
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Be fair you’re supposed to notify him it was under sub section B, (lack of)
I too am waiting for approval. Clearly getting into the Giz community is harder than getting a black American Express card!
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Hence I trump Groucho Marx on the basis that by not applying I avoid the risk that I could be rejected (and suffer the shame & humiliation of being rejected) whilst safe in my own personal bubble of righteousness by knowing that if I were to apply and be accepted I wouldn’t want to join
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As a teenager, i’ve realised nearly no one uses Facebook anymore. We used it for at most, 3 years, but as teenagers do, we got bored, and moved on to the next craze. I still find when going abroad, Facebook is still pretty huge, but over here in Britain it’s died out!
Really? What’s the “next craze”? Twitter? Google+ (ha!)
It isn’t about crazes, it is about hardware solutions with integrated software solutions – like an Android phone plugging into Google+ means that people don’t need further bloat in their life. Facebook know this, they need to make facebook hardware, but making it isn’t a problem, selling it is – who wants a fadebook device? Facebook got 3 years ahead of being craved to pieces by 3 major hardware companies that will offer direct solutions – and one company will win, one already kinda has won, minus a steady roll out.
Aren’t they supposed to be launching the FB-phone tomorrow?
Hmm, not sure about this, a large percentage of my friends has android phones, while barely any of them uses G+. I’ve logged in a few times in the past few months, there’s been about 1 new post. I’m not sure how much G+ is more integrated than Facebook onto an Android device other than the fact that it comes preloaded with the G+ app…
I’m 18 and pretty much all of my friends use Facebook. I think a fair few people my age and younger prefer Twitter nowadays but that’s just because they think people outside their circle of friends care about what they have to say (they don’t, of course).
Give me a few more months and the Alpha for a new Social Networking site will be open for a few lucky people to have a look at
I think the numbers in this case are probably due to internal record keeping adjustments… They separated their FB/Instagram numbers a bit better, or killed of some fake accounts etc. Saying that, i would have expected the number to drop as people get bored and look for something fresh… I didnt expect it to be so many. Need to get my skates on!
I’m telling you, soon it will be a virtual wasteland like myspace, bebo, etc…
We’ll always have GizmodoUK…
Unless you connected your account to Facebook, then you go down with the ship.
Let’s chip in for a ticket to CES 2014, or GizUK will be a ghost before facebook.
Engadget did amazing coverage of this years CES, GizUK? WTF.
When a technology site can’t be arsed going to the biggest gadget show then I guess the days are numbered. What the fuck are they spending all these stupid full page ‘dirt’ ads on, and those editorial ‘vomit’ ads on??? Because if they ain’t getting big money for opening their legs that wide then why do it?
My post rate is slowing right down, I reckon less than 2 months before I leave – lately whenever I come to this site it feels like I’m watching a prostitute getting mugged?
I’m really getting sick of FB, all it’s good for is adverts and pictures of my friends children. Both of which I don’t want to see.
Our network wont carry adverts, and people can create sub accounts for Kids, Pets, Rocks etc so you dont have to see anything from/about them if you dont want too! Also, if a parent raises a Kids account, when the kid is 13 it can be handed over and promoted to a full account.. complete with a 13 year history of annoying, and quite probably embarrassing photos and stories
“…how would anyone organise a party anymore without the big blue F?”
The same way we did before Facebook came along just a few short years ago. Phone, text, email and dare I say it but remember that other vintage communication method people used to partake in called IN PERSON conversation? No, I don’t either.
A lot of students have January exams in school, and also at University. Many students feel the need to disable their accounts on the run up to exams, otherwise they feel that they get too distracted. I know a handful of my friends do this on a regular basis regarding exams.
I reckon facebook’s more or less hit saturation point over here. It’s bound to see small drops after that as people give it up. Plus in a few years it’ll have to deal with the problem of being full of mums and dads. I struggle to believe that the next bunch of kids to come along won’t wan’t a social network of some sort thats not full of their parents. Especially when it comes time to post what really happened the night before when you had “3, maybe 4 pints round a mates house, honest”
I don’t use it as much, I only used to use it for events but now that’s usually done over whatsapp, I wonder how long facebook will last
“…how would anyone organise a party anymore without the big blue F?”
I know you posted this just to get us to justify that G+ has a better tool for the job, where you can share pictures, hangout, among other things. But I will not fall for your bait, you will not manipulate me so easily.
Wait. Damn it!
After all the hassle a lot of my friends/acquaintances have had on Facebook (I still hear about the drama from time-to-time) I stayed well clear of it. But hey, I have email and a smartphone, that’s enough for me.
Britain ≠ United Kingdom.
I’m lost, where’s Google+?
coz people in the UK have a life. and have realized that all this open social networking is bait as hell