25/10/2021
Facebook is alarmed by teen usage drop. A group of researchers inside Facebook compiled a report for one of the company’s executives. The paper included a series of charts and data highlighting a troubling accelerating trend of Facebook losing popularity amongst teens and young adults.
The internal reports show that fewer teens are signing up, many new teen accounts are duplicates not new users, and users across many of the age demographics are creating fewer posts.
Despite detailed research, employees don’t fully understand why these trends are happening or why the product changes have failed to reverse them.
Its’s worth noting that a consortium of 17 US news organizations on Monday said they had reviewed leaked internal documents obtained by Frances Haugen.
Their reports spanned a wide range of issue at its company, including its failing popularity with teens, its ability to counter hate speech, and its treatment of politicians.