I read “it’s dying” by people on Discord and Reddit all the time, but the numbers prove otherwise. It’s been going up this entire time and sitting over 3 billion MONTHLY ACTIVE USERS!
I feel like the bubble around people on other platforms saying “who uses Facebook anymore lol” is kind of wild given the numbers. Keep in mind these are active users not just abandoned accounts.
Your grandma and all your aunts and uncles and cousins are there, so there’s a certain amount of checking for weddings and funerals.
The new restaurant on the corner has the menu on their Facebook page before there’s a Google maps link to it.
Concert venues put their calendar, lineup, and set times on it
School districts and local communities post their snow days, park events, theater schedule, library events, stuff like that and it’s easier to see that all in one place instead of going to each of their websites.