Facebook Wants To Know More About You

C'mon people, you've got to start posting more personal stuff.

The people behind Facebook are trying to encourage it's users to start sharing more personal and original content.

Apparently there's been a downturn in the posting of updates about people's lives. Users are becoming less likely to post a picture of their food while at a restaurant, or share the latest pic of their kid while potty training.

The billion plus users of Facebook instead are doing more sharing of content from other websites, and that's not good for Facebook's bottom line.

This turn of events certainly has Mr. Zuckerberg's attention.

In an article at Bloomberg.com:

Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg has spoken at Facebook staff meetings this year about the need to inspire personal sharing, the people said. Facebook has tried several tactics to encourage more of these posts, such as an "On This Day" feature launched last year that brings up memories from past years that users might want to talk about again, or reminders about special occasions like Mother’s Day. Facebook has also prompted users to post the most recent photos and other recently accessed content from their phones.

There's a live video tool that Facebook is touting in hopes of making it easier to post content. The company is encouraging users to post live video of whatever they are doing believing your friends will watch you do even the most humdrum of things.

I sincerely hope Facebook is wrong.