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U.S. users are leaving Facebook by the millions, Edison Research says

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1293 points rmason | 1 comments | 06 Mar 19 20:30 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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JohnFen ◴[06 Mar 19 21:49 UTC] No.19323209[source]▶
I'm not sure losing that age group has much to do with Facebook's scandals.

This is purely anecdotal, but with my daughter and her social group, Facebook stopped being a service of interest to them quite a while back. Not because of data issues, but because (to use my daughter's words) "Facebook is for businesses and old people".

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Leace ◴[06 Mar 19 21:54 UTC] No.19323265[source]▶
What does your daughter use to connect with friends? Just curious.
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JohnFen ◴[06 Mar 19 22:42 UTC] No.19323689[source]▶
> What does your daughter use to connect with friends?

Steam and SMS, primarily. WhatsApp, too, but to a lesser degree.

And, probably, something else that I'm not aware of.

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throwaway66666 ◴[06 Mar 19 22:51 UTC] No.19323787[source]▶
Steam? Can you please elaborate, I am getting old I didn't even know steam had a social component. (except people leaving reviews, or posting to game forums about parts of the game)
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