{"slug": "facebook", "name": "Facebook", "category": "networking", "category_name": "Networking and VPN", "description": "", "recommenders": 4, "commenters": 29, "warners": 16, "score": -8.845, "rising": 1.35, "first": "2026-02-20", "latest": "2026-10-28", "why": "So I use it (including its Messenger component) a lot to keep in touch!", "why_is_quote": true, "has_verdict": false, "sentiment": {"recommend": 4, "neutral": 9, "compare": 0, "warn": 16}, "spark": [0, 0, 0, 2, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 2, 0, 0], "listed": true, "loved": [], "caveat": "", "short_quote": "So I use it (including its Messenger component) a lot to keep in touch!", "icon": true, "domain": "facebook.com", "github_repo": null, "official_url": "https://www.facebook.com", "pricing": "", "aliases": ["Facebook"], "verdict": null, "praise": [{"label": "", "summary": "", "quotes": [{"id": 788527856, "item_id": 49282991, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49282991", "by": "stinos", "date": "2026-08-13", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "using only https://www.facebook.com/?sk=h_chr means no ads/sponsored/whatever.", "excerpt": "you realize that the only way to not get served ads on Facebook -- and thereby not benefit the company itself -- is to get rid of it completely You're probably right when it comes to benefiting the company, but technically - at least for me - using only https://www.facebook.com/?sk=h_chr means no ads/sponsored/whatever. Only the posts I actually want to see, and chronologically so easy to continue where you left off.", "context": "", "use_case": "ad-free chronological feed", "switched_from": "", "story": "Facebook ads are so hard to block that uBlock Origin stopped filtering them"}, {"id": 788276306, "item_id": 49267269, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49267269", "by": "slopinthebag", "date": "2026-08-11", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "My socials (FB(not much)/Insta/TikTok) have fantastic algorithms, I they uplift my mood", "excerpt": "My socials (FB(not much)/Insta/TikTok) have fantastic algorithms, I they uplift my mood, have been responsible for positive changes in my mindset and life, etc. When I used X or bluesky or Reddit they have a noticeable negative impact on my mental state. Hackernews is 50/50. So I think social media which is content/image based can be more positive than the discussion based media. However we're getting more and more A", "context": "", "use_case": "social media feed", "switched_from": "", "story": "Bluesky's active user base is shrinking as its focus expands beyond the app"}, {"id": 753525984, "item_id": 47095374, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47095374", "by": "r0m4n0", "date": "2026-02-20", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use it almost solely for Marketplace and Groups.", "excerpt": "I can't quite relate. Over the past few years I have been using facebook more and more. I use it almost solely for Marketplace and Groups. You can buy literally anything on marketplace for a fraction of the price new. You can sell things on marketplace for more than you bought it for from the store. It's actually quite amazing. Groups are also really great. I have a lot of hobbies and you can join local groups where ", "context": "", "use_case": "Marketplace and local hobby groups", "switched_from": "", "story": "Facebook is absolutely cooked"}, {"id": 753491744, "item_id": 47093234, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47093234", "by": "garyrob", "date": "2026-02-20", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "So I use it (including its Messenger component) a lot to keep in touch!", "excerpt": "I'm 70. Most of my high school and college friends are on Facebook, and some other friends. So I use it (including its Messenger component) a lot to keep in touch! I know it's a generational thing. Just thought I'd mention it.", "context": "70 years old", "use_case": "keeping in touch with friends", "switched_from": "", "story": "Facebook is absolutely cooked"}]}], "caveats": [{"label": "", "summary": "", "quotes": [{"id": 804412754, "item_id": 50275797, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50275797", "by": "toss1", "date": "2026-10-28", "stance": "warn", "quote": "extractive social media currently plaguing society", "excerpt": "Awesome Screed. Seriously. Particularly on-target in: >>And then came the greedy grifters. They invested money not just to get returns (they could've gotten returns on any other established field of business), but to gamble for a chance of crazy high returns. They thought software has near-zero marginal cost. They started building walled gardens, to extract rent from users. ... So the advertisement business grew, and", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Tell HN: I'm going on strike this November"}, {"id": 802913504, "item_id": 50182094, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50182094", "by": "metabagel", "date": "2026-10-21", "stance": "warn", "quote": "I dropped Facebook when I realized that their app was snooping on who I called and who called me.", "excerpt": "I miss out on all the big and little announcements. Sometimes, a family member will forward information to me about a death or a graduation. I find out about these things when I find out about them, just like we used to before the internet. I dropped Facebook when I realized that their app was snooping on who I called and who called me.", "context": "", "use_case": "social network", "switched_from": "", "story": "The No Kings Takedown Is Why You Shouldn't Rent Your Megaphone from Zuck"}, {"id": 799437088, "item_id": 49964818, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49964818", "by": "harimau777", "date": "2026-10-05", "stance": "warn", "quote": "I think it ceased to be a good when it switched from empowering users to force feeding users.", "excerpt": "I think it ceased to be a good when it switched from empowering users to force feeding users. For example, Facebook's early \"people you may know\" algorithm was spectacular. It allowed me to reconnect with a long lost childhood friend and made it easy to find members of my community. However, that changed when it switched from being something that I could choose to use to the algorithm force injecting stuff into my fe", "context": "", "use_case": "social media", "switched_from": "", "story": "Accept 'bad things' in return for benefits of AI, says Sam Altman"}, {"id": 793597184, "item_id": 49599824, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49599824", "by": "nunez", "date": "2026-09-07", "stance": "warn", "quote": "these apps are extremely good --- casino-level good --- at sucking people into their portals and keeping them there.", "excerpt": "I have no idea how I didn't get sucked into doomscroll culture. Facebook was the center of my life back in college (2005-2009) and for a few years after graduating. What is now my diary started its life in Facebook Notes! I had Snapchat and Instagram accounts when those came out and used MySpace and even Friendster (a bit) prior. All of those accounts have been deleted within the last three years. Aside from me arriv", "context": "", "use_case": "social media", "switched_from": "", "story": "De-Brainrot Vacations"}]}], "who": [{"by": "brabel", "context": "Brazilian who moved to Australia", "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50009452", "date": "2026-10-08"}, {"by": "garyrob", "context": "70 years old", "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47093234", "date": "2026-02-20"}], "tags": [], "use_cases": ["social media", "social networking", "groups", "marketplace", "social network", "sharing travel photos"], "compared": [{"slug": "instagram", "name": "Instagram", "co": 7, "switched_from": 0, "switched_to": 0}, {"slug": "x-twitter", "name": "X (Twitter)", "co": 5, "switched_from": 0, "switched_to": 0}, {"slug": "bluesky", "name": "Bluesky", "co": 4, "switched_from": 0, "switched_to": 0}, {"slug": "whatsapp", "name": "WhatsApp", "co": 3, "switched_from": 0, "switched_to": 0}, {"slug": "signal", "name": "Signal", "co": 1, "switched_from": 0, "switched_to": 1}, {"slug": "linkedin", "name": "LinkedIn", "co": 3, "switched_from": 0, "switched_to": 0}], "makers": [], "threads": [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47091748", "title": "Facebook is absolutely cooked", "mentions": 10}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49263461", "title": "Bluesky's active user base is shrinking as its focus expands beyond the app", "mentions": 2}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49269818", "title": "Facebook is paying controversial creators to produce rage-bait content", "mentions": 2}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48854363", "title": "Focus", "mentions": 2}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50271808", "title": "Tell HN: I'm going on strike this November", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50181137", "title": "The No Kings Takedown Is Why You Shouldn't Rent Your Megaphone from Zuck", "mentions": 1}], "sentiment_by_month": {"2025-11": {}, "2025-12": {}, "2026-01": {}, "2026-02": {"warn": 2, "neutral": 5, "recommend": 2}, "2026-03": {"warn": 1}, "2026-04": {}, "2026-05": {"warn": 1}, "2026-06": {}, "2026-07": {"warn": 6, "neutral": 1}, "2026-08": {"recommend": 2, "neutral": 2, "warn": 2}, "2026-09": {"warn": 1}, "2026-10": {"warn": 3, "neutral": 1}}, "quotes": [{"id": 804412754, "item_id": 50275797, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50275797", "by": "toss1", "date": "2026-10-28", "stance": "warn", "quote": "extractive social media currently plaguing society", "excerpt": "Awesome Screed. Seriously. Particularly on-target in: >>And then came the greedy grifters. They invested money not just to get returns (they could've gotten returns on any other established field of business), but to gamble for a chance of crazy high returns. They thought software has near-zero marginal cost. They started building walled gardens, to extract rent from users. ... So the advertisement business grew, and", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Tell HN: I'm going on strike this November"}, {"id": 802913504, "item_id": 50182094, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50182094", "by": "metabagel", "date": "2026-10-21", "stance": "warn", "quote": "I dropped Facebook when I realized that their app was snooping on who I called and who called me.", "excerpt": "I miss out on all the big and little announcements. Sometimes, a family member will forward information to me about a death or a graduation. I find out about these things when I find out about them, just like we used to before the internet. I dropped Facebook when I realized that their app was snooping on who I called and who called me.", "context": "", "use_case": "social network", "switched_from": "", "story": "The No Kings Takedown Is Why You Shouldn't Rent Your Megaphone from Zuck"}, {"id": 800151233, "item_id": 50009452, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50009452", "by": "brabel", "date": "2026-10-08", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "I think I moved to Facebook in 2010 mostly because I was in Australia and everyone was starting to use Facebook there.", "excerpt": "As a Brazilian who used orkut for many years in the 2000s thanks for the fun facts. I used it to keep in touch with my family and friends in Brazil, not many options at the time. Thanks for the service , it was great while it lasted. I think I moved to Facebook in 2010 mostly because I was in Australia and everyone was starting to use Facebook there. Soon after, as you say, most Brazilian moved there as well as orkut", "context": "Brazilian who moved to Australia", "use_case": "social networking", "switched_from": "Orkut", "story": "Orkut.com"}, {"id": 799437088, "item_id": 49964818, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49964818", "by": "harimau777", "date": "2026-10-05", "stance": "warn", "quote": "I think it ceased to be a good when it switched from empowering users to force feeding users.", "excerpt": "I think it ceased to be a good when it switched from empowering users to force feeding users. For example, Facebook's early \"people you may know\" algorithm was spectacular. It allowed me to reconnect with a long lost childhood friend and made it easy to find members of my community. However, that changed when it switched from being something that I could choose to use to the algorithm force injecting stuff into my fe", "context": "", "use_case": "social media", "switched_from": "", "story": "Accept 'bad things' in return for benefits of AI, says Sam Altman"}, {"id": 793597184, "item_id": 49599824, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49599824", "by": "nunez", "date": "2026-09-07", "stance": "warn", "quote": "these apps are extremely good --- casino-level good --- at sucking people into their portals and keeping them there.", "excerpt": "I have no idea how I didn't get sucked into doomscroll culture. Facebook was the center of my life back in college (2005-2009) and for a few years after graduating. What is now my diary started its life in Facebook Notes! I had Snapchat and Instagram accounts when those came out and used MySpace and even Friendster (a bit) prior. All of those accounts have been deleted within the last three years. Aside from me arriv", "context": "", "use_case": "social media", "switched_from": "", "story": "De-Brainrot Vacations"}, {"id": 790349041, "item_id": 49396815, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49396815", "by": "pmontra", "date": "2026-08-22", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "upload them to both my website and Facebook (the only time in the year I still used FB.)", "excerpt": "I really didn't know about Polarsteps. It's been a while since my last long journey. I used to select some pictures when I got back home and upload them to both my website and Facebook (the only time in the year I still used FB.) I also sent a few pictures to some friends of mine on WhatsApp when I was still travelling.", "context": "", "use_case": "sharing travel photos", "switched_from": "", "story": "4 in 10 travellers visit tourist sites to capture social media content"}, {"id": 788527856, "item_id": 49282991, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49282991", "by": "stinos", "date": "2026-08-13", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "using only https://www.facebook.com/?sk=h_chr means no ads/sponsored/whatever.", "excerpt": "you realize that the only way to not get served ads on Facebook -- and thereby not benefit the company itself -- is to get rid of it completely You're probably right when it comes to benefiting the company, but technically - at least for me - using only https://www.facebook.com/?sk=h_chr means no ads/sponsored/whatever. Only the posts I actually want to see, and chronologically so easy to continue where you left off.", "context": "", "use_case": "ad-free chronological feed", "switched_from": "", "story": "Facebook ads are so hard to block that uBlock Origin stopped filtering them"}, {"id": 788349616, "item_id": 49271851, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49271851", "by": "mexicocitinluez", "date": "2026-08-12", "stance": "warn", "quote": "I don't want the Facebook app on my phone.", "excerpt": "Same. With the exception of Reddit (which I use a different client for anyway), I tend to just use the sites themselves. Part of it is just not wanting those apps to invade the rest of my life. I know I can turn off notifications and things, but for some weird reason it helps me stay a bit more detached from social media when I'm forced to rely on the site. The other part is privacy. I don't want the Facebook app on ", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Bluesky's active user base is shrinking as its focus expands beyond the app"}, {"id": 788337872, "item_id": 49271117, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49271117", "by": "exhumet", "date": "2026-08-12", "stance": "warn", "quote": "the interface on mobile is just....stressful. super cluttered", "excerpt": "i recently downloaded it again after nearly a decade to use marketplace to buy a bike for my wife. Got the bike and deleted the app. but my god opening it up was hell. the interface on mobile is just....stressful. super cluttered, shit all over the place with notifications and things to see. first post i saw on there was someone i used to be friends with but havent thought about in years just blatently reposting ACTU", "context": "", "use_case": "Marketplace to buy a bike", "switched_from": "", "story": "Facebook is paying controversial creators to produce rage-bait content"}, {"id": 788329888, "item_id": 49270618, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49270618", "by": "vintermann", "date": "2026-08-12", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "I use FB for genealogy, because there are a lot of local groups where people post historical pictures", "excerpt": "I use FB for genealogy, because there are a lot of local groups where people post historical pictures, and older people in general are more active on Facebook. I've seen some local groups taken over by ragebait slop, though. Ironically, not even right wing rage bait slop. As far as I can tell, it finally boiled over for the admin of the page, who was a fairly liberal guy in an extremely rural place, when a local muse", "context": "", "use_case": "genealogy local groups", "switched_from": "", "story": "Facebook is paying controversial creators to produce rage-bait content"}, {"id": 788276306, "item_id": 49267269, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49267269", "by": "slopinthebag", "date": "2026-08-11", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "My socials (FB(not much)/Insta/TikTok) have fantastic algorithms, I they uplift my mood", "excerpt": "My socials (FB(not much)/Insta/TikTok) have fantastic algorithms, I they uplift my mood, have been responsible for positive changes in my mindset and life, etc. When I used X or bluesky or Reddit they have a noticeable negative impact on my mental state. Hackernews is 50/50. So I think social media which is content/image based can be more positive than the discussion based media. However we're getting more and more A", "context": "", "use_case": "social media feed", "switched_from": "", "story": "Bluesky's active user base is shrinking as its focus expands beyond the app"}, {"id": 785789553, "item_id": 49111847, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49111847", "by": "ghaff", "date": "2026-07-30", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "I use Facebook some but not the same", "excerpt": "I used to do a lot of chit-chat with folks I knew on Twitter during the work day. After Musk largely torched it and a lot of people just decided they didn't need that kind of social media any longer, that channel largely went away. I use Facebook some but not the same and LinkedIn even less so.", "context": "", "use_case": "social media", "switched_from": "", "story": "The Lost Civic Life of Movie Rental Stores"}, {"id": 782138048, "item_id": 48883628, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48883628", "by": "rustcleaner", "date": "2026-07-12", "stance": "warn", "quote": "I always hated how everything moved off independent forums and onto facebook.", "excerpt": "I always hated how everything moved off independent forums and onto facebook. Zuckerberg was right about with his early idiots comment.", "context": "", "use_case": "community communication", "switched_from": "", "story": "Death of the Status Update: Why 55% of Americans Stopped Posting on Social Media"}, {"id": 781687200, "item_id": 48855450, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48855450", "by": "petra", "date": "2026-07-09", "stance": "warn", "quote": "Facebook groups have destroyed online forums and with that killed long discussions on the internet.", "excerpt": "I use Facebook mostly for groups. Facebook groups have destroyed online forums and with that killed long discussions on the internet. But sure,somehow Facebook doesanage to suck you in and wate time on bullshit. For that it's awesome.", "context": "", "use_case": "groups", "switched_from": "", "story": "Focus"}, {"id": 781681584, "item_id": 48855099, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48855099", "by": "coolThingsFirst", "date": "2026-07-09", "stance": "warn", "quote": "Fcb for me it's ads, ads ads and even more ads.", "excerpt": "Fcb for me it's ads, ads ads and even more ads. The newsfeed is complete slop from news outlets. It's just extremely noisy. The only thing that I use there is the Messenger because my older friends aren't too savvy with Whatsapp. And even the Messenger app is a sloppy behemoth of an app with barely working Search. This is coming from a company with thousands of engineers and the core features of the business barely w", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Focus"}, {"id": 781626752, "item_id": 48851672, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48851672", "by": "DamnInteresting", "date": "2026-07-09", "stance": "warn", "quote": "Then one day Facebook introduced 'boosting,' and overnight our posts were hidden from all but a fraction of our audience.", "excerpt": "> I think moving to Substack (retain domain) would be a much stronger way to build in the long term Hmm, the danger there is that one is putting a lot of one's eggs into a fickle basket. In the early days of Facebook we had a page with 20k+ followers, and we got a lot of engagement there, people followed us to be informed of when we published anything new. Then one day Facebook introduced 'boosting,' and overnight ou", "context": "runs a publication that had a Facebook page with 20k+ followers", "use_case": "audience reach for site", "switched_from": "", "story": "A Possible Future for Damn Interesting"}, {"id": 780800355, "item_id": 48800022, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48800022", "by": "dotcoma", "date": "2026-07-05", "stance": "warn", "quote": "", "excerpt": "Maybe so, or sadly so, for many people. I still have a LinkedIn account (I login once or twice s week), a Twitter account (once a week) and a bsky account (once a month). I can\u2019t believe I used to have Facebook\u2019s app on my phone.", "context": "", "use_case": "social networking", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ask HN: Are you guys happy with existing social networkin apps?"}, {"id": 780104241, "item_id": 48756515, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48756515", "by": "donatj", "date": "2026-07-01", "stance": "warn", "quote": "At this point I open Facebook like once a day.", "excerpt": "Does this hold true in the modern age though? I haven't seen a single thing I wanted to see on social media basically since COVID. It's all famous people, posturing, and things I never followed. Entirely crap I don't care about. At this point I open Facebook like once a day. I used to go on Instagram to see my friend's pictures, now there's nothing of my friends on there and I'll just spam and AI slop... All I want i", "context": "40-year-old non-gamer", "use_case": "keeping up with friends", "switched_from": "", "story": "Bring Back Crappy Forums"}, {"id": 768972224, "item_id": 48060764, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48060764", "by": "helsinkiandrew", "date": "2026-05-08", "stance": "warn", "quote": "The constant stream of mediocrity drove me away from Facebook (years ago) and then Instagram.", "excerpt": "> But respect the community, and only share what is truly relevant. Save the crayon pictures for your kitchen fridge. That highlights the problem - its not AI - it's the oversharing thats the issue. Many people have moved from \"Sharing whats unusual/interested/excited me\" to \"What can I share today\". The constant stream of mediocrity drove me away from Facebook (years ago) and then Instagram.", "context": "", "use_case": "social media", "switched_from": "", "story": "AI Slop Is Killing Online Communities"}, {"id": 756410448, "item_id": 47275653, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47275653", "by": "paride5745", "date": "2026-03-06", "stance": "warn", "quote": "My timeline is completely useless, I have an endless stream of suggested post and ads", "excerpt": "I am keeping Facebook just because of a couple of Groups. My timeline is completely useless, I have an endless stream of suggested post and ads, nothing relevant to me. Meta is supposed to know me, I use Instagram quite a bit (following F1 teams, some comedians and a bunch of tiktok-style content creators), but somehow this does not translate in targeting on FB, just generic targeting for my population type. I tried ", "context": "", "use_case": "groups", "switched_from": "", "story": "Facebook is absolutely cooked"}, {"id": 753680304, "item_id": 47105019, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47105019", "by": "TuringNYC", "date": "2026-02-21", "stance": "warn", "quote": "I deleted the app several years ago.", "excerpt": "My FB feed is also people I dont follow. Not sure which brilliant PM came up with this idea, but if I wanted to see random content I could just go to a magazine or newspaper. I used to go to FB to actually see photos/updates from my friends and most people recognize we lost that several years ago. The second problem is just every third post being an ad. I deleted the app several years ago.", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Facebook is absolutely cooked"}, {"id": 753620976, "item_id": 47101311, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47101311", "by": "eel", "date": "2026-02-21", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "I use Facebook for a specific automotive model group.", "excerpt": "I use Facebook for a specific automotive model group. All the forums that used to host content have either shut down or gone inactive, and it's the literally the only active online community for the car platform. I've learned to scroll slowly over the car posts, and never to engage or linger on other content. I found even if I am interested in other content (e.g., NFL football) nearly all other interests are flooded ", "context": "", "use_case": "car community group", "switched_from": "", "story": "Facebook is absolutely cooked"}, {"id": 753567520, "item_id": 47097970, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47097970", "by": "Glyptodon", "date": "2026-02-20", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "I use FB basically to follow a couple groups that I've followed for like 15 years", "excerpt": "It's interesting and very annoying. I use FB basically to follow a couple groups that I've followed for like 15 years and a couple family members. Most of what it shows me seems to be related to interests I have or anything I slow down for even 5 seconds to process. Like \"slow down when scrolling to see if I really am seeing the insane thing I think\" and it'll show me more. Sometime I report stuff. Like a real (I thi", "context": "", "use_case": "following groups and family", "switched_from": "", "story": "Facebook is absolutely cooked"}, {"id": 753525984, "item_id": 47095374, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47095374", "by": "r0m4n0", "date": "2026-02-20", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use it almost solely for Marketplace and Groups.", "excerpt": "I can't quite relate. Over the past few years I have been using facebook more and more. I use it almost solely for Marketplace and Groups. You can buy literally anything on marketplace for a fraction of the price new. You can sell things on marketplace for more than you bought it for from the store. It's actually quite amazing. Groups are also really great. I have a lot of hobbies and you can join local groups where ", "context": "", "use_case": "Marketplace and local hobby groups", "switched_from": "", "story": "Facebook is absolutely cooked"}, {"id": 753507232, "item_id": 47094202, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47094202", "by": "scaredreally", "date": "2026-02-20", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "My main use case for FB is a group related to reviewing restaurants in the area.", "excerpt": "My main use case for FB is a group related to reviewing restaurants in the area. I have no FB friends/connections. I use messenger for my one friend who insists on using it. It is mostly slop (and strangely I get posts from that same relationship account), I scroll for about 5 minutes at a time before I realize it is not worth looking at. And truthfully, that is what I want from social media: a few minutes worth of d", "context": "", "use_case": "restaurant review group", "switched_from": "", "story": "Facebook is absolutely cooked"}, {"id": 753491744, "item_id": 47093234, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47093234", "by": "garyrob", "date": "2026-02-20", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "So I use it (including its Messenger component) a lot to keep in touch!", "excerpt": "I'm 70. Most of my high school and college friends are on Facebook, and some other friends. So I use it (including its Messenger component) a lot to keep in touch! I know it's a generational thing. Just thought I'd mention it.", "context": "70 years old", "use_case": "keeping in touch with friends", "switched_from": "", "story": "Facebook is absolutely cooked"}, {"id": 753489968, "item_id": 47093123, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47093123", "by": "Ancapistani", "date": "2026-02-20", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "I use Facebook a lot, but not for the social feed - Marketplace, business pages, and ads.", "excerpt": "I use Facebook a lot, but not for the social feed - Marketplace, business pages, and ads. I\u2019ve never interacted with their \u201cshorts\u201d feature, and it\u2019s all young women and girls in as little clothing as they can manage. It\u2019s to the point that I don\u2019t open the Facebook app in public. Ridiculous.", "context": "", "use_case": "Marketplace, business pages, ads", "switched_from": "", "story": "Facebook is absolutely cooked"}, {"id": 753487648, "item_id": 47092978, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47092978", "by": "numbers", "date": "2026-02-20", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "I use it mainly from Marketplace.", "excerpt": "Yeah, I have a Facebook that's about 2-3 years old now, and I use it mainly from Marketplace. But man, if I just accidentally go to the feed, it's just a bunch of spam and some sort of bait, whether it's rage bait or thirst traps or anything like that. Facebook is maybe trying to see if I'll engage with it, but mainly because I use the app for Marketplace, it just continues to recommend garbage.", "context": "", "use_case": "Marketplace", "switched_from": "", "story": "Facebook is absolutely cooked"}, {"id": 753481728, "item_id": 47092608, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47092608", "by": "AJRF", "date": "2026-02-20", "stance": "warn", "quote": "They are not sending their best.", "excerpt": "I use Facebook for marketplace and when I logged in the first post I saw was the half time score for a football game that happened 3 weeks ago. They are not sending their best.", "context": "", "use_case": "Marketplace", "switched_from": "", "story": "Facebook is absolutely cooked"}]}