[nkkollaw]

I don't know if Facebook's influence hasn't been reduced already, and how many users it actually has.

I still have an account for instance, but I log in only once/mo. and keep it solely for the API keys.

My friends seem to be a little less active then 10 years ago, as well.

[matte_black]

Seems less active is not the same as not active.

In the height of Facebooks data scandal, daily deletions — people who deleted their accounts and quit Facebook — was at about 4000-5000 users a day.

It has now returned to normal levels, of about 1000 a day.

Facebook has 1.86 billion users. Look upon these numbers, and despair.

[product50]

Don't relate your experience to everyone else's. My friends are more active than ever on FB today for instance.

Also, FB revenue and users are increasing - which indicates they are not seeing any downturn like what you are talking about here.

[wolco]

More active? Really?

The number of facebook user accounts never goes down with new bots getting accounts constantly but people activty logging in and sharing, posting or caring is down.

[product50]

Yes - more active.

You are suffering from confirmation bias at this point. What data apart, apart from your anecdotal experience, do you have which shows that sharing and caring about FB post is down?

[nkkollaw]

You seem great at diagnosing why what we're saying doesn't make sense, but you don't have anything to back whatever your point is.

Since we don't have access to Facebook logs and can't know how many times people sign in and to what percentage are bots wandering around the site, we can only talk about our impressions.

[product50]

They have public data which clearly states that their monthly active users and earnings are trending positively.

[grogenaut]

What data, apart from your anecdotal data, shows that sharing and caring about FB post is up?

[product50]

FB earnings are up and their monthly active users are rising. That suggests that your single anecdotal experience of your friends not using fb is incorrect.

Also, OP was the first one to make the assertion that fb is losing users and thus the onus falls on him to prove vs. me trying to disprove it.

I know it is not the answer you want to hear but FB is doing well in terms of their user growth. Get over it.

[grogenaut]

I don't have a dog in the fight, I'm just pointing out you are both trying to back up assertions with no direct data. Facebook earnings could easily be from increased from ads even over decreased users. And users increasing doesn't really tell me if that's up or down from previous.

[jsemrau]

>how many users it actually has.

I would assume a large percentage of this number are bots / automated content.