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What stranglehold? Does anyone really use Facebook anymore?


It's not that easy to avoid Facebook. Many sites are switching to FB social plugin for talkbacks. I've stopped posting comments and questions on many news sites after they started requiring a Facebook identity. Or else I open an incognito window, use my alternative Facebook identity created just for talkbacks, but for some reason my comments don't appear in the stream.

I wish there were a better alternative (could this be an opportunity?).


There was a trending headline last week (didn't bother to read it) FB reported teen traffic is down.

Maybe it's just me but when I go out various places in Austin I don't hear people talking about Facebook anymore. And I see fewer "Like us on Facebook" signs on trucks and business storefronts.


You obviously don’t socialize with non-programmers very much




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