yes one&#x27;s own experience is always anecdotal and due to perception bias we believe our personal experience to be significant. You&#x27;re not special, we pretty much all do this.<p>Please define active user as it could mean anything, then again don&#x27;t, as number of used (which is more appropriate than users for facebook) and advertising dollars are hardly valid metrics for bringing people together and positive life changing.
Turns out you are right actually, some are suffering through the experience and feel they are forced to use facebook[1][2][2], note that they are mostly in the same demographic group which happen to be the next generations of adults.<p>This tin foil hat edge case is a boat that has sailed a while ago, facebook is a major privacy problem[3][4][5] and as we know privacy is the foundation for liberty and freedoms. But Facebook is also censorship[6][7] and manufacturing public opinion[8].<p>Not only that, but contrary to your personal experience facebook usually makes people miserable and feel bad about themselves[9][10][11][12] and other personal experience point to it being bad and getting worse at giving you the meaningful posts[13].<p>If you care about your loved ones and family you should help them get away from facebook[14][15], not trap them in by putting all you interactions with them there.<p>[1]: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;medium.com&#x2F;backchannel&#x2F;a-teenagers-view-on-social-media-1df945c09ac6" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;medium.com&#x2F;backchannel&#x2F;a-teenagers-view-on-social-me...</a><p>[2]: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.slate.com&#x2F;blogs&#x2F;xx_factor&#x2F;2013&#x2F;05&#x2F;22&#x2F;teenagers_hate_facebook_a_pew_study_says_that_94_percent_of_teens_use_facebook.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.slate.com&#x2F;blogs&#x2F;xx_factor&#x2F;2013&#x2F;05&#x2F;22&#x2F;teenagers_ha...</a><p>[2]: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;mashable.com&#x2F;2013&#x2F;08&#x2F;11&#x2F;teens-facebook&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;mashable.com&#x2F;2013&#x2F;08&#x2F;11&#x2F;teens-facebook&#x2F;</a><p>[3]: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.techrepublic.com&#x2F;blog&#x2F;it-security&#x2F;why-you-should-never-trust-facebook&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.techrepublic.com&#x2F;blog&#x2F;it-security&#x2F;why-you-should-...</a><p>[4]: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.dailykos.com&#x2F;story&#x2F;2013&#x2F;06&#x2F;23&#x2F;1218189&#x2F;-HBGary-Palantir-Prism-Facebook-The-Industrial-Surveillance-Complex" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.dailykos.com&#x2F;story&#x2F;2013&#x2F;06&#x2F;23&#x2F;1218189&#x2F;-HBGary-Pal...</a><p>[5]: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;techcrunch.com&#x2F;2015&#x2F;06&#x2F;06&#x2F;the-online-privacy-lie-is-unraveling&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;techcrunch.com&#x2F;2015&#x2F;06&#x2F;06&#x2F;the-online-privacy-lie-is-u...</a><p>[6]: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.washingtonpost.com&#x2F;news&#x2F;the-intersect&#x2F;wp&#x2F;2015&#x2F;01&#x2F;27&#x2F;two-weeks-after-zuckerberg-said-je-suis-charlie-facebook-begins-censoring-images-of-prophet-muhammad&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.washingtonpost.com&#x2F;news&#x2F;the-intersect&#x2F;wp&#x2F;2015&#x2F;01...</a><p>[7]: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.aclu.org&#x2F;blog&#x2F;naked-statue-reveals-one-thing-facebook-censorship-needs-better-appeals-process" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.aclu.org&#x2F;blog&#x2F;naked-statue-reveals-one-thing-fac...</a><p>[8]: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;medium.com&#x2F;message&#x2F;engineering-the-public-289c91390225" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;medium.com&#x2F;message&#x2F;engineering-the-public-289c913902...</a><p>[9]: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.npr.org&#x2F;2012&#x2F;10&#x2F;18&#x2F;163098594&#x2F;in-constant-digital-contact-we-feel-alone-together" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.npr.org&#x2F;2012&#x2F;10&#x2F;18&#x2F;163098594&#x2F;in-constant-digital-...</a><p>[10]: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.sciencedirect.com&#x2F;science&#x2F;article&#x2F;pii&#x2F;S0747563214001241" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.sciencedirect.com&#x2F;science&#x2F;article&#x2F;pii&#x2F;S0747563214...</a><p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.theguardian.com&#x2F;technology&#x2F;2012&#x2F;mar&#x2F;17&#x2F;facebook-dark-side-study-aggressive-narcissism" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.theguardian.com&#x2F;technology&#x2F;2012&#x2F;mar&#x2F;17&#x2F;facebook-d...</a><p>[11]: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;qz.com&#x2F;546799&#x2F;a-study-forced-people-to-quit-facebook-and-they-were-happier-for-it&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;qz.com&#x2F;546799&#x2F;a-study-forced-people-to-quit-facebook-...</a><p>[12]: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.economist.com&#x2F;news&#x2F;science-and-technology&#x2F;21583593-using-social-network-seems-make-people-more-miserable-get-life" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.economist.com&#x2F;news&#x2F;science-and-technology&#x2F;2158359...</a><p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;hbr.org&#x2F;2011&#x2F;12&#x2F;facebook-is-making-us-miserabl" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;hbr.org&#x2F;2011&#x2F;12&#x2F;facebook-is-making-us-miserabl</a><p>[13]: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.refheap.com&#x2F;ee96f4d90abd10b643cee0448" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.refheap.com&#x2F;ee96f4d90abd10b643cee0448</a><p>[14]: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;saintsal.com&#x2F;facebook&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;saintsal.com&#x2F;facebook&#x2F;</a><p>[15]: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.theguardian.com&#x2F;commentisfree&#x2F;andrewbrown&#x2F;2010&#x2F;may&#x2F;14&#x2F;facebook-not-your-friend" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.theguardian.com&#x2F;commentisfree&#x2F;andrewbrown&#x2F;2010&#x2F;ma...</a>