Growing worries about Facebook’s waning cultural relevance have been exposed in internal emails from Meta executives, underscoring the company’s battle to maintain platform engagement in the face of changing social media trends. The disclosures made during Meta’s current antitrust lawsuit, according to a TechCrunch story, demonstrate that CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his staff have been debating how to update Facebook’s user interface.

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Facebook’s “Friends” Model Faces Gradual Decline

Growing worries about Facebook’s waning cultural relevance have been exposed in internal emails from Meta executives, underscoring the company’s battle to maintain platform engagement in the face of changing social media trends. The disclosures made during Meta’s current antitrust lawsuit, according to a TechCrunch story, demonstrate that CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his staff have been debating how to update Facebook’s user interface.

Proposal to Eliminate Users’ Friend Lists

Facebook’s dependence on its antiquated “Friends” model is one of the main issues brought up in the emails, according to executives. Facebook’s structure hasn’t altered much in contrast to apps like Instagram, TikTok, and X, which place more emphasis on “Following” than on direct friend connections. Zuckerberg admitted that “friending feels out of vogue,” pointing to stale friend connections and the awkwardness of friend requests as reasons why people aren’t using them.

Movement to Revive the Original Facebook Experience

Zuckerberg even suggested removing users’ friend lists completely and letting them start over in an attempt to make Facebook more relevant again, but this plan was eventually rejected because of its possible drawbacks. Rather, Meta has redesigned the Friends tab with the goal of centralizing friend interactions and enhancing the significance of relationships.