Friends and family, people so spread out now it is easy way to stay connected. That is why people went there to begin with, why people are still there.
Facebook wants to believe they are some news agency or social conscience and maybe to a few misguided people they are, I don’t see it. Majority of the users think it is a joke that FB sees itself as some important beacon to guide the way.
Most see FB as replacing the old porches people hung out on greeting people that went by and enjoying a visit with friends and family.
Well seems to me that fb takes the metrics of the porch sitters to make themselves social media Nazis who will decide who is worthy to be on their platform and who isn’t.
So all those folks who just want to keep up with their folks feed the machine.