As Facebook marks its 20th anniversary, the social media giant, with its 3.03 billion monthly active users, remains more influential than Instagram, TikTok, and other platforms. Discussions are intensifying about Facebook's net impact, including its role in undermining the democratic process and altering the fabric of social connections. The Economist notes a significant transformation in social media, with platforms like Facebook, inspired by TikTok, shifting from social updates to an AI-driven content feed emphasizing media over social interactions. This shift could contribute to a rise in loneliness. Pew Research Center's surveys have traced Facebook's influence on online connectivity over two decades, while experts ponder the redefinition of the 'digital town square' and the future of social networking.
Are social networks dying? Two decades on from Facebook’s creation, we consider how the arrival of competitors such as TikTok has forced older platforms to reinvent themselves https://t.co/D1YOIOJNJa ⬇️
Ahead of Facebook's 20th anniversary on Sunday, take a look back at some of the key dates that make up the social media platform's impact on today's digital age. https://t.co/9MJAye3eTZ https://t.co/9MJAye3eTZ
Timeline: Looking back at 20 years of Facebook and CEO Mark Zuckerberg https://t.co/feTp2Fkm8y https://t.co/MzDFcaKEju
🚨YOUR MOM’S FAVORITE SOCIAL NETWORK TURNS 20 Facebook: 20 years, February 2004. X/Twitter: 17 years, March 2006. WhatsApp: 13 years, January 2009. Instagram: 12 years, October 2010. Snapchat: 11 years, created July 2011. TikTok: 6 years, emerged September 2016. Source:… https://t.co/Fl75nMHaHt
The End of Social Networking? https://t.co/vjh1ehv91C
The weird magic of social networks was to combine personal interactions with mass communication. Now this marriage is splitting in two again. What Mark Zuckerberg calls the digital “town square” is being rebuilt—and posing problems https://t.co/QutQqFrAZu 👇
soon the real world will be a blank canvas. from ads to art, everything will be virtual and in motion.
Social media use is on the rise. But very few older adults use social media (other than Facebook & YouTube). Most the fastest growing social media platforms are dominated by Gen Z and Millenials. https://t.co/JbcADCCq9H https://t.co/mzTJ9pMLN4
Substantial majorities of Americans are cellphone owners. The same is true for smartphone ownership – though some differences do emerge, particularly by age, household income and level of formal education. Explore more: https://t.co/2mEhW0O0tH
Social media giant Facebook launched 20 years ago this week. Over the last two decades, the site has transformed the way people connect online. Here are five key facts about Americans and Facebook, based on Pew Research Center surveys. https://t.co/Yvrf0AKj0h
The Old School Network That Was Focussed on Friends Is Dead FB, X, and TikTok feeds are now AI-controlled and will soon likely be AI-generated The focus is on media and entertainment and not on social connections. Sadly, this might translate to a huge explosion in loneliness. https://t.co/TIJbBA18LL
Facebook turns 20 today, the social media site is famous for its unique features including adding Friends, liking posts and undermining the democratic process https://t.co/DENRnAet3t
Many Americans use social media to connect with one another, engage with news content, share information and entertain themselves. Explore the patterns and trends shaping the social media landscape in our fact sheet: https://t.co/DGrrTOlw3M
Happy 20th birthday to Facebook. For some reason, it still seems to be the king. Monthly active users: Facebook: 3.03 billion Instagram: 2.1 billion TikTok: 1.09 billion Linkedln: 930 million Douyin: 730 million Reddit: 500 million Twitter: 393 million
Do you still spend time on Facebook? As the social network turns 20, we examine how the digital town square is changing https://t.co/cJeSxvgPLE ⬇️
the economist makes an important point: social networks increasingly not social “inspired by tiktok, apps like facebook increasingly serve a diet of clips selected by artificial intelligence according to a user’s viewing behavior, not their social connections.” https://t.co/OWxqipXzQu
This weekend will mark 20 years that Facebook has existed. But what impact had it had on our lives – and has it been a net positive or negative? For @theipaper I asked experts and former staff members https://t.co/9AnBq59zTC
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Social media are no longer very social. Status updates from friends have given way to videos from strangers that resemble a hyperactive TV https://t.co/RkXvdXZC9j 👇
Social media are undergoing a profound but little-noticed transformation. Strikingly, they are no longer very social. The tide is turning https://t.co/llqJbuhcyk https://t.co/vpDwGxMNaa
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