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I mean this is true, but it's always been true of the internet. Pre-web: Usenet Early web: Bulletin Boards Mid-Late 90s: Yahoo Early 00s: Myspace/Livejournal N
by ebbv 11y ago
I mean this is true, but it's always been true of the internet.
Pre-web: Usenet
Early web: Bulletin Boards
Mid-Late 90s: Yahoo
Early 00s: Myspace/Livejournal
Now: Facebook
So, yeah, it's not so much Facebook is the new Excel as it's just the current "place where the average person is going to post things/look for things."
- ltz 11y agoI agree with the comparisons given here until we get to Facebook. I think the main difference here is the increased saturation the internet in developed countries and the market penetration FB has obtained. Facebook has achieved 1.6 billion users a month compared to Myspace's 76 million at its peak. It will be hard to supplant such a behemoth that's willing to absorb the obvious threats it perceives (e.g. Instagram and WhatsApp).