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Until you talk to a teenager. "Facebook is for old people..."

by Gratsby 10y ago

dkopi 10y ago
... which is why I use Whatsapp and Instagram, which are totally not Facebook.
- fosco 10y ago
  aren't both of those owned by facebook? [0][1] or did I miss the </sarcasm> tag [0]http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2014-02-20/whatsapp-s-founder-goes-from-food-stamps-to-billionaire http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2014-02-20/whatsapp-s... [1]http://www.businessinsider.com/instagram-heres-why-we-just-sold-for-1-billion-2012-4 http://www.businessinsider.com/instagram-heres-why-we-just-s...
uptownJimmy 10y ago
And then the teenager grows up and becomes an "old person", at which point we'll see them on Facebook.
- jerf 10y ago
  At the moment, the frequency of social app turnover is much higher than the rate at which people become old, even for definitions of "old" as low as "30". Facebook is bucking the trend, but it's still not possible to know whether that's a "permanent" situation or just a trend-bucker. There's no guarantee they'll "end up" on Facebook.
  - basch 10y ago
    if all the webs content ends up migrated into facebook, they wont have a ton of choice. imagine all of yelp and craigslist locked, oh and every small business web page, requiring an account to view. stuff kids might not be interested in, but adults probably are.
    - unprepare 10y ago
      I very much doubt craigslist users desire to have their craigslist activity tied to their real life identity...
      - basch 10y ago
        what was on craigslist, is now quite often taking place in facebook groups have you ever looked up groups for your local neighborhood: garage sales and all kinds of random things i previously would have seen on craigslist
        unprepare 10y ago
        I haven't had facebook since 2009, so no. But I doubt you're going to see facebook: casual encounters anytime soon
josu 10y ago
Maybe Facebook was for old* people all along, young people just didn't have other tools such as Snapchat or Instagram, so facebook was good enough. *Old as in not a teenager

Until you talk to a teenager. "Facebook is for old people..."

by Gratsby 10y ago

Until you talk to a teenager. "Facebook is for old people..."

dkopi 10y ago

... which is why I use Whatsapp and Instagram, which are totally not Facebook.

fosco 10y ago
aren't both of those owned by facebook? [0][1] or did I miss the </sarcasm> tag [0]http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2014-02-20/whatsapp-s-founder-goes-from-food-stamps-to-billionaire http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2014-02-20/whatsapp-s... [1]http://www.businessinsider.com/instagram-heres-why-we-just-sold-for-1-billion-2012-4 http://www.businessinsider.com/instagram-heres-why-we-just-s...

uptownJimmy 10y ago

And then the teenager grows up and becomes an "old person", at which point we'll see them on Facebook.

jerf 10y ago
At the moment, the frequency of social app turnover is much higher than the rate at which people become old, even for definitions of "old" as low as "30". Facebook is bucking the trend, but it's still not possible to know whether that's a "permanent" situation or just a trend-bucker. There's no guarantee they'll "end up" on Facebook.
- basch 10y ago
  if all the webs content ends up migrated into facebook, they wont have a ton of choice. imagine all of yelp and craigslist locked, oh and every small business web page, requiring an account to view. stuff kids might not be interested in, but adults probably are.
  - unprepare 10y ago
    I very much doubt craigslist users desire to have their craigslist activity tied to their real life identity...
    - basch 10y ago
      what was on craigslist, is now quite often taking place in facebook groups have you ever looked up groups for your local neighborhood: garage sales and all kinds of random things i previously would have seen on craigslist
      - unprepare 10y ago
        I haven't had facebook since 2009, so no. But I doubt you're going to see facebook: casual encounters anytime soon

josu 10y ago

Maybe Facebook was for old* people all along, young people just didn't have other tools such as Snapchat or Instagram, so facebook was good enough. *Old as in not a teenager