Facebook users ditch platform, find the social media giant boring , national survey shows
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Dr Roger Patulny says people are gaining more control over their social media use.
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It might be a technology giant used by 2.7 billion people, but Australians are losing their interest in Facebook because they think it is boring, according to new research.
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Social media users are reducing their Facebook use, according to research from the Australian Survey of Social Attitudes
Sociology lecturer Roger Patulny says the main reason people are switching off is because they find social media boring
A recent nationally representative survey has shown Australians are willing and able to pull the plug on social media.
But it turns out the generation you were born in, as well as your level of education, will likely have a bearing on whether you do. This is important, as recent events have set the precedent for tech giants to pull or change content at any time.
Short-lived as it was, Facebook’s removal of Australian news raised interesting questions about our dependence on social media and whether we can do without it.
Growing frustration with platforms
Facebook’s actions (coupled with Google’s earlier threat to pull its Search function from Australia) prompted widespread criticism.