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    Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 12 Nov 2017

    Facebook is so bad (read: doesn't care) at actually making itself useful for people in the ways it clearly and easily makes it useful for advertisers. It's so frustrating.

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      2. Chillian J. Yikes!‏Verified account @jilliancyork 12 Nov 2017
        Replying to @chrisgeidner

        Why would it though? We're not as profitable.

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      3. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 12 Nov 2017
        Replying to @jilliancyork

        Happier users would use it more, which, presumably, could make it more valuable to advertisers.

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      4. Chillian J. Yikes!‏Verified account @jilliancyork 12 Nov 2017
        Replying to @chrisgeidner

        Unnecessary, when you're past 1 billion daily active.

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      5. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 12 Nov 2017
        Replying to @jilliancyork

        Enh. More engaged would get better data. I'd think they'd find a way to make that more profitable.

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      6. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 12 Nov 2017
        Replying to @chrisgeidner @jilliancyork

        [I get your point as to why they don't. They don't need to.]

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      7. Chillian J. Yikes!‏Verified account @jilliancyork 12 Nov 2017
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        ...and really, that's the scariest part, imho.

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      8. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 12 Nov 2017
        Replying to @jilliancyork

        Yes.

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      1. Jason in WA‏ @JasonInWA 12 Nov 2017
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        The Facebook interface for businesses is kind of terrible though too. Microtargeting is great but the notification system is a hideous mess

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      1. chase dewitt brown‏ @Cdewittbrown 12 Nov 2017
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        Advertisers are it’s customer. Users are its product. McDonald doesn’t change how it’s cattle are processed to make it easier for the cows. Any free platform means that we are the product not the customer.

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      1. Everyone In The Trump Admin Is Sociopathic‏ @twitting999 12 Nov 2017
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        Mark Zuckerberg is not a good person.

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      1. John Osborn;‏ @john_osborn 12 Nov 2017
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        It's always worth remembering that people who use facebook are the product. Advertisers are the customer.

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      1. Dale Henry GHOST‏ @dalehenrygeist 12 Nov 2017
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        Who's paying them, again?

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      1.  🏳️‍🌈 O Crash, all ye Pupful  🐾‏ @PupCrash 12 Nov 2017
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        I've thought about this from the angle of all the things that make Twitter hard to use. Actually tried making a competing platform in my spare time, but it's surprisingly tough to balance with a day job when you're broke and unable to attract venture capital

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      1. Lewis Paul Sims‏ @lewispaulsims 12 Nov 2017
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        People get this backwards. We aren’t FB’s customers, advertisers are. We are the product they sell. Our clicks. They won’t cater to us anymore than is necessary to keep us producing clicks.

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      1. .‏ @TheMizMercy 12 Nov 2017
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        Same w/ @Twitter and blue checks. @facebook wants your NUDES instead of stopping dangerous influence.

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      1. Prichaaarrrddd‏ @prichaaarrrddd 12 Nov 2017
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        I hate it

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      1. David Paul Houston‏ @DavidHoustonVox 12 Nov 2017
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        People are only just starting to understand that to FB, they are not the customers; they're the product.

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      1. netdog713‏ @netdog713 12 Nov 2017
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        I have never had and never will have a facebook account

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