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Can you elaborate?

• scott_s 11y ago
  I still hear and read people dismissing Facebook and Twitter as fads, as well as implying or saying outright that they have no actual value. I think that their enormous popularity has demonstrated that even if these two particular services eventually die, online social networks are here to stay. We're social creatures, and in retrospect, it's obvious we would use the internet to socialize.
  • Retric 11y ago
    I would call them bubbles not exactly fad's. They both don't age well with younger or long time users. Worse, there monetization strategy is to annoy users. So, long term I expect there going to be replaced with much leaner organizations that need less revenue to make quarterly projections or just shrink. So sure, social networks may be around, but message boards for example have evolved into some small, but reasonably profitable companies like Reddit. PS: Long term Facebook might try the MS route of buying enough companies that something sticks. EX: MS Access. But, that says more about Money than Social Networks.