On: Facebook loses users for the first time

[beermonster]

Why use FB for that and not a picture sharing site, just out of interest?

[missedthecue → beermonster]

The people he'd like to show the pictures to are all conveniently aggregated on FB, but not on the picture sharing site.

[CodeGlitch → missedthecue]

Or use a service like Dropbox or OneDrive where you can share folders to select people (they don't need to be signed up- you just send them a link).

Of course this means you need their email or phone number... But using either of those is way better than a service like Facebook.

[The_Colonel → CodeGlitch]

You lose the ability to comment/like photos.

Also, it will get messy with a collection of links.

For small audiences I like google photos the best. If you want to share something with more people (all your friends) then facebook is probably the best option.

[CodeGlitch → The_Colonel]

> You lose the ability to comment/like photos.

They can reply with any comments to the email / txt can they not? I'm thinking of the scenario of sending photos to close friends / family. For larger audiences, I'd use my own platform running something like WordPress.

As for "likes" - I guess I'm of a generation where they are irrelevant to me :)

> For small audiences I like google photos the best.

Will check that out. cheers.

[The_Colonel → CodeGlitch]

> They can reply with any comments to the email / txt can they not?

Not to the individual photos, unless you go with "You look funny in that photo named DSC0124.JPG". Not to mention that people often have trouble with "reply to all" function.

In practice, I can't see people commenting photo album with email.

[missedthecue → CodeGlitch]

Facebook is passive. It's a little weird to email pictures of your kids to your entire contact list every couples days.

[beermonster → missedthecue]

You can passively share albums on a number of platforms. Why would you email them actively?

As you say, that’s a bit weird.

[missedthecue → beermonster]

No one checks their Dropbox 4x a day. People check Facebook 4x a day.