Facebook: Now Facebook is no longer a platform for friendship, Zuckerberg himself admitted this big thing!

Do you remember the time when as soon as you logged in to Facebook, you would be flooded with photos of friends, family updates, and birthday wishes? That era is over now. Now when you scroll on Facebook, you see fewer of your old friends and more viral videos, memes, advertisements, and political news. And now Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg himself has accepted this.

Now Facebook is just a hub of 'entertainment'

Recently, during an antitrust case going on in a federal court, Zuckerberg admitted that Facebook is no longer a platform to connect people, but it has become an entertainment hub. He clearly said that now Facebook's priority is not friendship, but keeping users engaged in content and earning money from advertisements.

Why did the change happen?

Zuckerberg said that earlier the purpose of Facebook was to connect people i.e. to maintain a connection with friends and family. But now the focus of this platform is on entertainment content selected through AI, such as videos, reels, and brand promotion. Its purpose is to keep users on the platform for a long time so that more and more advertisements can be shown.

Big disclosure in FTC case
This statement came when Meta (Facebook's parent company) was facing an antitrust case by the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC). The FTC alleges that Meta monopolized the market by buying its potential competitors. However, the judge has expressed doubts about how strong the FTC's side is.

But during the hearing of this case, Zuckerberg said that Facebook is no longer what it used to be.

Is Facebook no longer 'social'?
If you also have a question in your mind why don't you see your friends' posts on Facebook now? So the answer is clear. Because Facebook is no longer a social network but has become a content platform. Here AI decides what you should see and the content that brings more views, not the life updates of your friends.
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