They introduced games to increase the time spent on the site. This only brought endless amounts of spam from in-game promotions. They introduced the news stream to staunch the flow to Twitter. Now my FB homepage is full of crap about other people I don't care about. On G+, I don't add every person I've ever met. I follow people I think are interesting. They have no obligation to follow me in return, unlike the forced 'friendships' of facebook. I've been using social networks less and less over the last five years, and facebook's constant 'upgrades' have only hastened that process.
- I've been using social networks less and less over the last five years, and facebook's constant 'upgrades' have only hastened that process.
Yes, outside of serving as a contacts list, Facebook doesn't really solve a problem I have. I can see Google+ serving as a good feed of interesting stuff, but IMO the information density is a bit too low. I've got to scroll a lot just to see a few items.