What took you so long?

One last attempt at using what a lot of people out there are still using. I'm still irked by the fact that my and my wife's experience of Facebook and Instagram is so different - I see an ad as the third post on Instagram. Always. Where does she see them? 15th post, if that. I wanted to try one last time to fix that.

The regular people have spoken. They like Facebook.

Isn't it our responsibility as tech nerds to inform the regular people that this platform needs to be killed off?

How did you do this analysis?

Fair enough. I've not done any analysis. I'm only going by 'feeling' and my echo chamber. Heck, I'm not a pioneer here. In my network, my brother was actually the first to delete his FB account. I've still not done that. Point is, I tried to like Facebook all over again in 2018. They shot themselves in the foot. I might be one voice, but hopefully, I'm one of many that will cause change.

My friends continue to use it as heavily as before. I see their timeline posts.

In my circle, Facebook and Instagram usage has actually gone in the way the company wants - people have started using the Stories features across all the properties - FB, Insta, and even WhatsApp. It's actively being used by those still not bombarded by ads. When Facebook squeezes them, they'll leave too.

So how are you signalling Facebook by using Instagram? Do they care about the usage pattern of the singular data point that is Nitin Khanna?

I'm signalling to Facebook that they need to kill off the primary property. That's a start that I'm willing to live with. Do they care about a singular point? They should.

What is it that Facebook could do to make money while doing nothing of the things that offend you?

Show me ads. Track me around the web. Sell my data. DON'T close off API access to good tools. DON'T bombard me with ads while the person next to me sees a pleasant, no ads experience. DON'T give me crap like Facebook Marketplace.

how were you forced into this experiment?

I was constantly shown the video and marketplace tabs. Facebook often prompted me to visit those pages with call-to-actions which had to be clicked on to get rid off. I was not given the opportunity to remove those features. Other people I know did NOT see both the tabs, they saw one or the other. I was forced into the experiment. Facebook has a long history of forcing people into these experiments, just because we're unwitting users of their shit.

they are free to leave at any time.

The tone of my answers above will come across as a little angry. But what it is, is resigned. I have not yet quit Facebook. I'm seriously considering a few things as to how I can get my data out and put it to good use. Not sure yet. As I've mentioned before here (http://www.nitinkhanna.com/why-tent-io-will-flop-and-what-we-should-learn-from-it/), even if I export my data, there's no place to import it. There's no way I can convince all my friends to jump ship to another social network. There's not even a social network we could all agree upon! So I'm at an impasse.