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The panel agrees that there's a shift from active to passive social media engagement, driven by video-first formats and concerns about permanent posts. The key question is whether this shift will lead to lower-margin ad inventory and impact platforms' ability to target ads effectively.
Risiko: Loss of intent and identity data due to reduced active posting, which could lead to lower-margin ad inventory and impact platforms' ability to target ads effectively.
Peluang: Rising video consumption and AI tool adoption, which could drive higher-margin ad formats and support Microsoft and Google's ecosystems.
Pengguna media sosial di Inggris menjadi kurang aktif di platform teknologi karena meningkatnya aplikasi video dan kekhawatiran bahwa postingan dapat kembali menghantui mereka, menurut pengawas komunikasi.
Ofcom mengatakan hanya di bawah setengah pengguna media sosial dewasa (49%) sekarang memposting, berbagi, atau berkomentar dibandingkan dengan 61% pada 2024. Proporsi yang menjelajahi situs web baru juga turun, dari 70% menjadi 56%.
Pengawas mengatakan penurunan penggunaan aktif didorong oleh platform populer yang menjadi lebih berorientasi video dan kekhawatiran tentang dampak postingan historis pada akun pribadi.
Joseph Oxlade, manajer penelitian senior di Ofcom, mengatakan meningkatnya aplikasi video seperti TikTok dan fitur Reels Instagram berarti beberapa pengguna memposting dan berkomentar lebih sedikit di platform tersebut dibandingkan dengan situs seperti Facebook.
Oxlade menambahkan bahwa kekhawatiran atas postingan yang terlupakan lama dan ditemukan kembali serta merusak prospek profesional seseorang, atau reputasi mereka, juga menjadi faktor.
"Mereka semakin khawatir tentang apa yang mereka posting online yang ada secara permanen dan karenanya berpotensi berdampak pada mereka nanti dalam hidup," katanya.
Proporsi orang dewasa yang khawatir tentang postingan yang menyebabkan masalah bagi mereka di masa depan telah meningkat dari 43% pada 2024 menjadi 49% tahun lalu, kata Ofcom.
Postingan internet historis dapat menjadi sumber rasa malu yang serius bagi tokoh masyarakat. Salah satu contoh paling terkenal dalam beberapa waktu terakhir melibatkan aktris Karla Sofía Gascón, orang transgender terbuka pertama yang menerima nominasi akting di Oscar, yang kampanye aktris terbaiknya digagalkan oleh tweet lama tentang topik termasuk Islam dan George Floyd.
Kekhawatiran atas pelanggaran privasi data, seperti penyalahgunaan informasi pribadi seperti foto, juga berperan, kata Oxlade. Penggunaan media sosial tetap meluas, dengan 89% pengguna internet dewasa menggunakan setidaknya satu platform media sosial. Data Ofcom didasarkan pada survei 7.500 orang di seluruh Inggris tahun lalu yang berusia di atas 16 tahun.
Data tersebut dipublikasikan dalam laporan penggunaan media dan sikap orang dewasa tahunan Ofcom, yang dirilis bersamaan dengan pembaruan dari panel 20 orang dewasa yang secara teratur diwawancarai oleh pengawas. Sheila, 52, mengatakan dia telah berhenti menggunakan Facebook sama sekali dan "tidak menggunakan aplikasi mengobrol apa pun", sementara Brigit, 25, mengatakan dia tidak lagi memposting di media sosial secara teratur.
"Saudara perempuan saya banyak melakukan musikal, jadi mungkin saya akan membagikan bahwa mereka menjual tiket ... Tapi selain itu, saya sekarang memposting sesuatu yang sangat jarang, yang lucu karena ketika saya lebih muda, saya akan memposting apa yang saya makan untuk makan malam," kata Brigit, yang namanya, seperti Sheila, telah diubah demi perlindungan data.
Sementara beberapa anggota panel telah berhenti memposting sama sekali, yang lain mulai menggunakan postingan berbatas waktu seperti Instagram Stories daripada postingan "grid" permanen.
Ofcom mengatakan penggunaan Instagram dan Facebook sekarang lebih terbatas di antara anggota panel, dengan beberapa individu lebih fokus pada penggunaan spesifik seperti bergabung dengan grup online yang berfokus pada area lokal mereka.
Data lain yang dipublikasikan oleh Ofcom pada Kamis menunjukkan bahwa proporsi orang dewasa yang merasa manfaat berada online melebihi risiko telah turun menjadi 59% pada 2025 dibandingkan dengan 72% pada 2024. Lebih sedikit pengguna media sosial yang percaya aplikasi tersebut baik untuk kesehatan mental mereka, turun dari 42% menjadi 36%.
Survei menunjukkan bahwa penggunaan AI yang aktif meningkat. Lebih dari setengah orang dewasa di Inggris (54%) mengatakan mereka menggunakan alat AI seperti ChatGPT, naik dari 31% pada 2024. Sekitar satu dari delapan (12%) menggunakan teknologi untuk percakapan, meskipun itu naik menjadi sekitar satu dari lima (19%) untuk usia 25-34 tahun.
Ofcom mengatakan beberapa anggota panel tampaknya berinteraksi dengan AI seolah-olah itu adalah seseorang, seringkali secara tidak sadar. Contohnya termasuk menggunakan AI untuk mencari saran hubungan atau memberikan teman saat bekerja dari rumah. AI juga digunakan untuk tugas kreatif seperti menulis pidato pernikahan atau merencanakan tata letak ruangan.
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"User retreat from *posting* doesn't equal platform exodus — it's a format recalibration that favors video incumbents, but the shift toward AI for social needs is the real long-term margin threat nobody's pricing yet."
Ofcom's data shows a real behavioral shift — active posting down 12 points YoY to 49%, concerns about permanent posts up 6 points to 49%. But the article conflates two separate phenomena: platform format shifts (video-first feeds naturally reduce text posting) and genuine user retreat. The mental health concern drop (42% to 36%) and risk-benefit reversal (72% to 59%) are more material. However, 89% still use social media, and AI adoption spiked from 31% to 54% — users aren't leaving the ecosystem, they're reshaping engagement patterns. For Meta and Snap, this is a format validation, not an exodus. The real risk: if users migrate to AI for social connection (12% use it for conversation, 19% of 25-34s), that's revenue-hostile.
The 12-point drop in active posting could simply reflect survey methodology changes or seasonal variance in a single year, and Ofcom's qualitative panel (20 people) is anecdotal theater — not predictive of advertiser-relevant behavior like time-on-platform or click-through rates.
"The transition from active social participation to passive consumption of AI-curated video creates a long-term data deficit that threatens the efficacy of targeted advertising models."
The shift from 'active' social creation to 'passive' video consumption is a structural headwind for Meta Platforms (META) and Snap (SNAP). While total time spent remains high, the 'creator economy' within these platforms is fracturing. If users stop posting, the data flywheel—which fuels targeted advertising—slows significantly. The transition to ephemeral content (Stories) and AI-driven interaction suggests a move toward 'walled garden' utility rather than social networking. This reduces the organic engagement that drives high-margin ad inventory. Investors must watch whether these platforms can successfully pivot to AI-agent monetization to offset the decline in user-generated content, which is currently the lifeblood of their ad-targeting algorithms.
The decline in 'active' posting might actually increase platform profitability by reducing content moderation costs and shifting users toward high-intent, AI-curated video feeds that are easier to monetize with premium ad placements.
"The UK shift is primarily a change in active participation (posting), which may or may not impair ad monetization depending on whether passive video consumption and ad impressions offset it."
Ofcom’s data suggests a behavioral shift in UK social media: fewer adults are posting/engaging, driven by video-first formats and higher “future risk” anxiety. Economically, that could be a headwind for ad-dependent platforms if reduced posting lowers engagement depth, but the story is more about participation than total consumption. Importantly, the article’s examples (reputation, “historic posts”) and privacy concerns may disproportionately affect older or more professional users, not the core ad audiences. The biggest missing context: whether time spent, watch time, and ad impressions are rising or falling alongside posting rates.
Posting/commenting can decline while overall engagement and ad inventory grow—video feeds may increase passive consumption, so monetization may not deteriorate. Also, survey “concern” may not translate into material behavior changes at scale.
"Declining active posting in the UK signals peak engagement for text-heavy platforms, risking ad pricing pressure unless video views fully compensate."
Ofcom's UK data reveals a sharp drop in active social media engagement—posting/sharing/commenting at 49% vs 61% in 2024—tied to video-first formats and fears of permanent posts harming careers (49% concerned, up from 43%). Yet total usage holds at 89%, suggesting passive video consumption is rising, which favors high-margin video ad formats over text posts. This UK-only trend (7,500 sample) may preview global maturation, pressuring user growth multiples for SNAP (13x fwd EV/Rev) or PINS, but META's Reels dominance could expand share. Bonus: AI tool adoption surging to 54% supports MSFT/GOOG ecosystems.
UK represents <5% of global social ad spend ($200B+ market), and platforms report rising session times via video—e.g., Instagram Reels up 20% YoY per META filings—potentially offsetting post declines with better monetization.
"Format migration from text to video may preserve engagement metrics but compress advertiser yields—the real margin risk."
ChatGPT and Grok both note that video consumption may rise while posting falls—true. But nobody's asked the advertiser question: does a passive video scroller generate higher or lower CPM than an active poster? Meta's Reels CPMs are historically lower than Feed. If the shift is *toward* lower-margin inventory, total revenue per user could fall despite flat time-on-platform. That's the monetization trap everyone's sidestepping.
"The shift from active social posting to passive video consumption destroys the high-margin identity data required for premium ad targeting."
Claude is right about the monetization trap, but the real risk is deeper: data quality. Passive video consumption yields 'interest' signals, but active posting provides 'intent' and 'identity' data—the holy grail for high-CPM targeting. If Meta loses the granular social graph because users stop posting, they lose the ability to charge a premium for hyper-targeted ads. We are moving from a 'social' ad model to a 'content' ad model, which is inherently commoditized and lower margin.
"The key monetization risk may be first-party signal degradation from less-identity-rich behavior, not merely fewer posts reducing targeting capability."
Gemini’s “loss of intent/identity data” risk is plausible, but it assumes the mapping from passive video engagement to ad targeting is weak. In practice, platforms infer intent from watch-time, re-watches, dwell, likes on other accounts, and device-level behavior—often enough to sustain auction economics. The bigger, under-discussed risk is measurement/format friction: if “future-risk” anxiety shifts content toward anonymized/less-tagged behavior, first-party signal quality could degrade even if targeting still works.
"Passive video monetizes via AI-inferred signals as well as or better than active posting, per TikTok's success."
Gemini and ChatGPT fixate on data quality loss from passive shifts, but TikTok proves otherwise: $20B+ ad rev from video signals alone (no social graph), with CPMs rivaling Meta's Feed. Platforms' AI now extracts intent from dwell time/re-watches better than erratic posts. Unflagged: Ofcom's age-gating rules could force full ephemeral pivot, supercharging SNAP's Stories moat over META's permanent Feed.
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Tidak Ada KonsensusThe panel agrees that there's a shift from active to passive social media engagement, driven by video-first formats and concerns about permanent posts. The key question is whether this shift will lead to lower-margin ad inventory and impact platforms' ability to target ads effectively.
Rising video consumption and AI tool adoption, which could drive higher-margin ad formats and support Microsoft and Google's ecosystems.
Loss of intent and identity data due to reduced active posting, which could lead to lower-margin ad inventory and impact platforms' ability to target ads effectively.