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  • Oh no!

    From Spalls Hurgenson@21:1/5 to All on Wed Aug 31 21:14:25 2022
    Is it time to panic? Has there ever been a greater threat to
    video-gaming? Are we entering into a new dark age?!?
    The Facebook Gaming App is shutting down in October!!!!*

    The answer to all these questions is, of course, no. My intro is just
    hyperbole at its worst designed solely for its entertainment value.
    After all, the death of an app I've never installed for a service I
    wouldn't be caught dead using is not something I give a damn about
    (and, I suspect, neither do most people in this newsgroup). There is,
    of course, no need for panic or and even reporting on the Facebook
    Gaming app's demise here is superfluous, since I'd be surprised if
    many Usenetters have even heard of it. Really, the only reason I am
    posting this is because any news about Facebook not doing well is good
    news as far as I am concerned, and I'm taking a mean-spirited laugh at
    their misfortune.

    The Facebook Gaming app - available on iOS and Android until 28
    October - was used to watch livestreams on Facebook Gaming. It was
    intended as a competitor to Twitch, Discord and YouTube in a vain
    attempt to suck down even more data from its users. It actually did
    fairly well - it became the second most popular streaming platform,
    but - like so much of its parent platform - Facebook Gaming quickly
    became overrun by spam and hate and pirated content and other sorts of
    'mean 'n' nasty stuff'. Its intial success was largely due to its
    parent company having such a huge audience to pull from, rather than
    offering any desired features and - over the years - its popularity
    slowly waned.

    The Facebook Gaming service itself will remain active; it's just the
    mobile apps that are being killed. Still, it's indicative of the
    increasing unpopularity of Facebook amongst the younger generation
    (even if they are slow to actually abandon the platform). Hurrah for
    the next generation. but could you pick up the pace a bit?

    Still, any bad news for Facebook is good news for everybody else.
    Allow me this moment of schadenfreude and - perhaps - take this
    opportunity to share in it yourself.





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  • From Dimensional Traveler@21:1/5 to Justisaur on Wed Aug 31 19:06:07 2022
    On 8/31/2022 6:51 PM, Justisaur wrote:
    On Wednesday, August 31, 2022 at 6:14:38 PM UTC-7, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
    Is it time to panic? Has there ever been a greater threat to
    video-gaming? Are we entering into a new dark age?!?
    The Facebook Gaming App is shutting down in October!!!!*


    Oh noes! I did play some games on facebook... a very long time
    ago.

    ...in a galaxy far, far away.


    --
    I've done good in this world. Now I'm tired and just want to be a cranky
    dirty old man.

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  • From Justisaur@21:1/5 to Spalls Hurgenson on Wed Aug 31 18:51:13 2022
    On Wednesday, August 31, 2022 at 6:14:38 PM UTC-7, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
    Is it time to panic? Has there ever been a greater threat to
    video-gaming? Are we entering into a new dark age?!?
    The Facebook Gaming App is shutting down in October!!!!*


    Oh noes! I did play some games on facebook... a very long time
    ago.

    The answer to all these questions is, of course, no. My intro is just hyperbole at its worst designed solely for its entertainment value.
    After all, the death of an app I've never installed for a service I
    wouldn't be caught dead using is not something I give a damn about
    (and, I suspect, neither do most people in this newsgroup). There is,
    of course, no need for panic or and even reporting on the Facebook
    Gaming app's demise here is superfluous, since I'd be surprised if
    many Usenetters have even heard of it. Really, the only reason I am
    posting this is because any news about Facebook not doing well is good
    news as far as I am concerned, and I'm taking a mean-spirited laugh at
    their misfortune.

    The Facebook Gaming app - available on iOS and Android until 28
    October - was used to watch livestreams on Facebook Gaming. It was
    intended as a competitor to Twitch, Discord and YouTube in a vain
    attempt to suck down even more data from its users. It actually did
    fairly well - it became the second most popular streaming platform,
    but - like so much of its parent platform - Facebook Gaming quickly
    became overrun by spam and hate and pirated content and other sorts of
    'mean 'n' nasty stuff'. Its intial success was largely due to its
    parent company having such a huge audience to pull from, rather than
    offering any desired features and - over the years - its popularity
    slowly waned.

    The Facebook Gaming service itself will remain active; it's just the
    mobile apps that are being killed. Still, it's indicative of the
    increasing unpopularity of Facebook amongst the younger generation
    (even if they are slow to actually abandon the platform). Hurrah for
    the next generation. but could you pick up the pace a bit?

    Oh, well, I never did watch streaming (o.k. a couple times for
    Warframe giveaways that happened during the streams, but that was
    on Twitch) Nor played the FB mobile apps.

    - Justisaur

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  • From Dimensional Traveler@21:1/5 to Spalls Hurgenson on Wed Aug 31 19:05:36 2022
    On 8/31/2022 6:14 PM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

    Is it time to panic? Has there ever been a greater threat to
    video-gaming? Are we entering into a new dark age?!?
    The Facebook Gaming App is shutting down in October!!!!*

    The what?


    --
    I've done good in this world. Now I'm tired and just want to be a cranky
    dirty old man.

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  • From Spalls Hurgenson@21:1/5 to dtravel@sonic.net on Thu Sep 1 15:29:42 2022
    On Wed, 31 Aug 2022 19:05:36 -0700, Dimensional Traveler
    <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:

    On 8/31/2022 6:14 PM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

    Is it time to panic? Has there ever been a greater threat to
    video-gaming? Are we entering into a new dark age?!?
    The Facebook Gaming App is shutting down in October!!!!*

    The what?

    Exactly!

    Like I said, it's not really news that matters to anyone here. I just
    like posting Facebook's failures ;-)

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  • From Werner P.@21:1/5 to All on Fri Sep 2 20:16:44 2022
    Am 01.09.22 um 04:05 schrieb Dimensional Traveler:
    On 8/31/2022 6:14 PM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

    Is it time to panic? Has there ever been a greater threat to
    video-gaming? Are we entering into a new dark age?!?
    The Facebook Gaming App is shutting down in October!!!!*

    The what?

    42...

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  • From Dimensional Traveler@21:1/5 to Werner P. on Fri Sep 2 12:27:49 2022
    On 9/2/2022 11:16 AM, Werner P. wrote:
    Am 01.09.22 um 04:05 schrieb Dimensional Traveler:
    On 8/31/2022 6:14 PM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

    Is it time to panic? Has there ever been a greater threat to
    video-gaming? Are we entering into a new dark age?!?
    The Facebook Gaming App is shutting down in October!!!!*

    The what?

    42...

    There is a computational problem with your fjords. ;)

    --
    I've done good in this world. Now I'm tired and just want to be a cranky
    dirty old man.

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