I don't have any problems with ads on FB, for some reason, although they are literally killing LJ and are a problem for me on Youtube and on Tumblr. I can't imagine what could make me move to - or even try - a FB like site except if my friends moved there, and what would make them do that. It's been theorized that we the common herd ultimately follow the leaders, so if some popular people were moving to a new FB like service, then maybe it would get a chance. But a paid one? That, for one, shuts out huge crowds of people who can't or won't pay. Besides, big companies invest in their platforms in more ways than we can see. For instance, I tried to switch to duckduckgo once after Google started blocking my provider's IP address, but couldn't use it for some usability reason I couldn't put my finger on, and switched back. Ditto for FB: with its awful we-control-what-you-see policy it's still somehow easy to use. Telegram is in a small trend in Russia now, possibly because of the semi-cult status of its creator, but it won't replace Facebook. We have paid TV too, which is usually bundled with broadband Internet.
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Date: 2017-11-10 11:43 am (UTC)I can't imagine what could make me move to - or even try - a FB like site except if my friends moved there, and what would make them do that. It's been theorized that we the common herd ultimately follow the leaders, so if some popular people were moving to a new FB like service, then maybe it would get a chance. But a paid one? That, for one, shuts out huge crowds of people who can't or won't pay. Besides, big companies invest in their platforms in more ways than we can see. For instance, I tried to switch to duckduckgo once after Google started blocking my provider's IP address, but couldn't use it for some usability reason I couldn't put my finger on, and switched back. Ditto for FB: with its awful we-control-what-you-see policy it's still somehow easy to use. Telegram is in a small trend in Russia now, possibly because of the semi-cult status of its creator, but it won't replace Facebook.
We have paid TV too, which is usually bundled with broadband Internet.