World News Headlines February 3, 2022 Under One Ceiling 0 Facebook records a drop in daily users for the first time ever 0 0000 0 0 more Facebook records a drop in daily users for the first time ever February 3, 2022 Under One Ceiling now playing Transferring money from UAE abroad: what are my cheapest options February 3, 2022 Under One Ceiling WIN With Nespresso This Mother’s Day February 3, 2022 Under One Ceiling NBA Playoffs 2022: A Casual Fan's Guide to the Postseason February 3, 2022 Under One Ceiling Best New Climbing Gear of 2022 February 3, 2022 Under One Ceiling A Local Weekend Travel Guide to Austin, Texas February 3, 2022 Under One Ceiling First Drive: 2022 Range Rover Ups the Luxury SUV Experience February 3, 2022 Under One Ceiling Most Stylish Rain Jackets, Parkas, and Trench Coats for Men February 3, 2022 Under One Ceiling EU eyes Russian oil import ban as Moscow strikes western Ukraine February 3, 2022 Under One Ceiling World-class Clark Int’l Airport opens new 110,000 square-meter passenger terminal February 3, 2022 Under One Ceiling PCG: Bodies of 5 children who drowned in Taal Lake found February 3, 2022 Under One Ceiling Facebook records a drop in daily users for the first time ever After years of scandals, congressional hearings, and generally bad vibes, it seems like people are finally (and slowly) leaving Facebook behind. Meta, the new name for the parent company that encompasses Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Oculus, released its earnings report for the fourth quarter of 2021 on Wednesday with one fairly shocking revelation hidden in the mountain of business-speak. Daily active users on Facebook dropped very slightly between the final two quarters of last year, from 1.93 billion to 1.929 billion. That’s a change so minuscule that it’s a little tough to notice on first glance when looking at Meta’s earnings slides, but it’s there. The drop primarily happened in a vague “Rest of World” category, which basically means Latin America and Africa. CNBC confirmed that it was the first such quarterly drop in daily users on record for Facebook, and fell short of the 1.95 billion mark that analysts projected for the quarter. Of course, there could be countless different reasons for why this specific drop in users occurred where and when it did. Without baselessly speculating, it’s mostly interesting because of how popular it’s gotten to call for people to divorce themselves from the platform in recent years. Between rampant COVID misinformation (and lax measures to prevent it), myriad scams, and the notion that the site allows harmful posts to propagate simply because they’re popular, anti-Facebook sentiment in public discourse seems to be at an all-time high. Plus, it seems like everyone has experienced the demoralizing feeling of arguing with a loved one about politics on the site. That, alone, is enough to make plenty of people give it up. Regardless of the reasoning for the drop, Facebook’s next quarterly report just got a heck of a lot more interesting. Related Related posts: UN agency: North Europe radiation likely linked to reactor tags: RSS Feed World News 0000 0 0 previous Huddle is Slack's messiest feature next Over 100 apps that sold location data to sketchy data broker revealed
