Editor's Pick: The Thrill Is Gone for Many Facebook Users

The Thrill Is Gone for Many Facebook Users

Richard Adhikari Sep 6, 2018 10:21 AM PT
	American consumers' attitudes toward Facebook appear to be cooling, based on the results of a Pew Research Center survey. Forty-two percent of the roughly 4,600 people who responded to the May poll said they had taken a break of several weeks from checking the platform. "Facebook's probably losing subscribers for a number of reasons," said Frost & Sullivan's Michael Jude. [More...]

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