Ask HN: Should I return to Facebook? What is it like today?
- Facebook's practice of changing privacy settings under your feet. - The pending threat of video ads in my feed. - In general, the amount of maintenance I felt far outweighed the benefit I was getting, given that I only had something like 40 friends on it, if that.
Now that I've been out awhile, I'm wondering - what's it like today? Have they cleaned up their act with privacy settings? Is the feed as annoying as it once was? Is it easier now to group friends (like 'circles' on G+, for example)?
I flip backwards and forwards from considering whether I want to re-join. I have friends that just won't use any other social network on there and of course, family. On the other hand, when I hear about people's Facebook drama or about how the app misbehaves, etc, I'm relieved it's something I don't have to think about anymore.
So, what's the general thought of HNers on this? What's Facebook like to use today?