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> The future of anything is not in Facebook. Young people know Facebook isn't cool. The future doesn't have to be cool, though. Facebook is nearing the positio

by untog 10y ago

> The future of anything is not in Facebook. Young people know Facebook isn't cool. The future doesn't have to be cool, though. Facebook is nearing the position of just being a universal social platform. Not "buzzy" and "cool", but nonetheless something everyone uses. > Snapchat is cute but it's never going to be the dominant anything. It's an app for seeing pictures of naked girls that people also use to share pictures of food and stuff. OK, you lost me there. I don't use Snapchat myself, but even at a quick glance it's clear that the younger generation use it obsessively, for everything. The "naked pics" argument hasn't been true in years.

ebbv 10y ago
It's past the point of being something everybody uses, that's what I was getting at. Young people don't use Facebook and more and more people are leaving it. I think we are past Peak Facebook. :) Snapchat has high usage right now but it's like Instagram or Flickr or Yahoo Images before it, it's not a social network and it's easily abandoned at a moment. In fact, even more easily than any of those since you don't have a library of content on it that you are tied to.
- panglott 10y ago
  It's not that FB isn't cool. Facebook is something for people who have established identities. It's not a place where you can experiment with different identities. Young people have FB accounts, but they don't spend much time there b/c youth is the time you have to establish an identity of your own.
  - ebbv 10y ago
    That's not it at all. FB is just lame. It's the place where your grandma posts rants about Obama being Hitler. It's the place where your mom comments on all your pictures with your friends. It has nothing to do with establishing an identity and everything to do with it being the online equivalent of your Aunt's living room on Thanksgiving.
    - panglott 10y ago
      Defining and expressing "coolness" is an essential part of articulating an identity. As is curating your relationships to different audiences.

by untog 10y ago

ebbv 10y ago

It's past the point of being something everybody uses, that's what I was getting at. Young people don't use Facebook and more and more people are leaving it. I think we are past Peak Facebook. :) Snapchat has high usage right now but it's like Instagram or Flickr or Yahoo Images before it, it's not a social network and it's easily abandoned at a moment. In fact, even more easily than any of those since you don't have a library of content on it that you are tied to.

panglott 10y ago
It's not that FB isn't cool. Facebook is something for people who have established identities. It's not a place where you can experiment with different identities. Young people have FB accounts, but they don't spend much time there b/c youth is the time you have to establish an identity of your own.
- ebbv 10y ago
  That's not it at all. FB is just lame. It's the place where your grandma posts rants about Obama being Hitler. It's the place where your mom comments on all your pictures with your friends. It has nothing to do with establishing an identity and everything to do with it being the online equivalent of your Aunt's living room on Thanksgiving.
  - panglott 10y ago
    Defining and expressing "coolness" is an essential part of articulating an identity. As is curating your relationships to different audiences.