Bad day for facebook
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@Doctor-Phibes said in Bad day for facebook:
Their VR Goggles are pretty nice - easily the best value for money available.
I actually would enjoy the VR Goggles, I think. Don't have much time now with toddlers but maybe in a few years. I feel like I would just use them to "fly" around the world.
@89th said in Bad day for facebook:
@Doctor-Phibes said in Bad day for facebook:
Their VR Goggles are pretty nice - easily the best value for money available.
I actually would enjoy the VR Goggles, I think. Don't have much time now with toddlers but maybe in a few years. I feel like I would just use them to "fly" around the world.
I've had a blast - they're not quite there yet from a technical standpoint, but my guess is the next generation will be awesome.
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I suspect the average age of FB user is around 50 or more. The kids have gone elsewhere, and the FB users will eventually die or bail.
@Mik said in Bad day for facebook:
I suspect the average age of FB user is around 50 or more. The kids have gone elsewhere, and the FB users will eventually die or bail.
Well yeah, the model has clearly changed. I noticed a big influx of school-friends in their mid-50's joining around the beginning of Covid, but the level of actually interesting communication is very low. It seems to be photos of dinner, far-out left wing shit, and far-out right wing shit, in that order.
Neither of my two kids even has a FB account.
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Their VR Goggles are pretty nice - easily the best value for money available.
@Doctor-Phibes said in Bad day for facebook:
Their VR Goggles are pretty nice - easily the best value for money available.
Thanks for your meta-analysis.
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Shut up, Doomer.
The Resident shouted just today, The economy's great!
“Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”
Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton
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@Jolly said in Bad day for facebook:
Shut up, Doomer.
The Resident shouted just today, The economy's great!
Well, with Amazon and Facebook there were massive increases over the pandemic period. Now, I know sweet bugger all about the stock market, but it seems like a re-adjustment isn't exactly surprising.
Obviously, things are going south too.
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FB seems important to small towns & rural folk in my province. It’s a news line for everything. I feel a bit left out not having an account, Maybe it’s important because their newspapers have died, church happens only twice a week, radio targets cities, and winter can isolate people from each other? Even town councils, RCMP & local schools post on FB. IG seems slow to take hold here, but it’s growing. Twitter too. I remember a few yrs back an active shooter situation in a town where I stay often .. the town’s public FB page lit up like an old time party-line as people sheltered in place giving updates, calling on their friends & family worried of their safety. Maybe FB is like this in rural America too?
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Their VR Goggles are pretty nice - easily the best value for money available.
@Doctor-Phibes said in Bad day for facebook:
Their VR Goggles are pretty nice - easily the best value for money available.
What are they called and what can you do with them?
It may be fun to get some.
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FB seems important to small towns & rural folk in my province. It’s a news line for everything. I feel a bit left out not having an account, Maybe it’s important because their newspapers have died, church happens only twice a week, radio targets cities, and winter can isolate people from each other? Even town councils, RCMP & local schools post on FB. IG seems slow to take hold here, but it’s growing. Twitter too. I remember a few yrs back an active shooter situation in a town where I stay often .. the town’s public FB page lit up like an old time party-line as people sheltered in place giving updates, calling on their friends & family worried of their safety. Maybe FB is like this in rural America too?
@blondie said in Bad day for facebook:
FB seems important to small towns & rural folk in my province. It’s a news line for everything. I feel a bit left out not having an account, Maybe it’s important because their newspapers have died, church happens only twice a week, radio targets cities, and winter can isolate people from each other? Even town councils, RCMP & local schools post on FB. IG seems slow to take hold here, but it’s growing. Twitter too. I remember a few yrs back an active shooter situation in a town where I stay often .. the town’s public FB page lit up like an old time party-line as people sheltered in place giving updates, calling on their friends & family worried of their safety. Maybe FB is like this in rural America too?
I'd say you're right.
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@blondie said in Bad day for facebook:
FB seems important to small towns & rural folk in my province. It’s a news line for everything. I feel a bit left out not having an account, Maybe it’s important because their newspapers have died, church happens only twice a week, radio targets cities, and winter can isolate people from each other? Even town councils, RCMP & local schools post on FB. IG seems slow to take hold here, but it’s growing. Twitter too. I remember a few yrs back an active shooter situation in a town where I stay often .. the town’s public FB page lit up like an old time party-line as people sheltered in place giving updates, calling on their friends & family worried of their safety. Maybe FB is like this in rural America too?
I'd say you're right.
@Jolly said in Bad day for facebook:
I'd say you're right.
Indeed. Our small-ish suburb (about 9500 people) has a pretty active FB page. I'll see stuff there long before it's apparent on newsfeeds, etc.
"Why are there helicopters hovering over town?"
"Aqua's sister paid a visit."
That kind of stuff.
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@Doctor-Phibes said in Bad day for facebook:
Their VR Goggles are pretty nice - easily the best value for money available.
What are they called and what can you do with them?
It may be fun to get some.
@taiwan_girl said in Bad day for facebook:
@Doctor-Phibes said in Bad day for facebook:
Their VR Goggles are pretty nice - easily the best value for money available.
What are they called and what can you do with them?
It may be fun to get some.
Meta Quest 2 are the ones I got. Sadly, I think the price increased recently. They used to be called Oculus Quest.
You mostly play games on them - either stand-alone or connected to a gaming PC. They also double as a TV, so you can watch movies on them on Amazon, for example. They are a bit cumbersome to wear for long periods of time.
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@taiwan_girl said in Bad day for facebook:
@Doctor-Phibes said in Bad day for facebook:
Their VR Goggles are pretty nice - easily the best value for money available.
What are they called and what can you do with them?
It may be fun to get some.
Meta Quest 2 are the ones I got. Sadly, I think the price increased recently. They used to be called Oculus Quest.
You mostly play games on them - either stand-alone or connected to a gaming PC. They also double as a TV, so you can watch movies on them on Amazon, for example. They are a bit cumbersome to wear for long periods of time.
@Doctor-Phibes Thanks!!! I will investigate them.
