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May have been mentioned elsewhere in the comments, but I haven't read through all.

I think most commenters here missing the major point against Facebook for many young users: being forced to use your real identity (and only one account).

As already mentioned, most young people have switched to Instagram and find Facebook embarrassing.

That made sense.

What I was surprised to learn was that almost everyone has more than one account - often three or more.

This is actually the killer hidden feature of Instagram - easy to manage privacy.

So one has a main account, possibly public, that is OK for parents and strangers to see.

Then they have a private account for friends.

Then possibly a third account for close friends. This is one that nudes/sexual/illegal content is posted on.




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