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Lol, try everyone under the age of 20. Facebook's survival is hardly assured. Why do you think zuck is working so hard on VR or why he split off messenger - b

Lol, try everyone under the age of 20. Facebook's survival is hardly assured. Why do you think zuck is working so hard on VR or why he split off messenger - because he knows facebooks survival is limited. What's app and Instagram is more of a threat than FB. You people obviously don't use FB< if you did you'd realize that there is huge fatigue on the platform The reason FB has done well is because they did some smart, viral things, but they can't just iterate like google or msft. They will die very quickly if they do. It's a very tenuous business they have

coldtea 10y ago
>Lol, try everyone under the age of 20. LOL, those people will grow up too, and a large percentage of them will join places like FB and even LinkedIn. It's not like what people use in their teens is what they use when they get older, start working, etc. Besides "What's app and Instagram is more of a threat than FB" is missing the point, as both are owned by FB, the company.
onion2k 10y ago
Facebook's survival is hardly assured. Of course, but it'd take a long series of significant mistakes by Facebook for them to actually die. While another social network could potentially eat their market Facebook aren't just going to sit idly by and let them. They have the resources to tackle pretty much any threat, so the only way for them to fail is by getting things wrong internally. No one is going to invent a new way of communicating that Facebook can't copy. Why do you think zuck is working so hard on VR or why he split off messenger - because he knows facebooks survival is limited. What's app and Instagram is more of a threat than FB. I suspect a lot of Facebook's 'side projects' are driven by what Zuck finds interesting rather than what he thinks is important to Facebook's future. You people obviously don't use FB< if you did you'd realize that there is huge fatigue on the platform I don't think it's possible to gauge 1.86 billion people's opinions of Facebook by the things you see when you log in to your own account.
- blazespin 10y ago
  I am not sure people want another social network. It's not like search or computer OS or even Netflix. My feeling is that FB, as is (social news feeds), has no real future. I think the future is messenger, WhatsApp, instagram, vr, etc. The reason fb is popular is zucks sheer force of Will and not because it's particularly necessary.

coldtea 10y ago

>Lol, try everyone under the age of 20. LOL, those people will grow up too, and a large percentage of them will join places like FB and even LinkedIn. It's not like what people use in their teens is what they use when they get older, start working, etc. Besides "What's app and Instagram is more of a threat than FB" is missing the point, as both are owned by FB, the company.

onion2k 10y ago

Facebook's survival is hardly assured. Of course, but it'd take a long series of significant mistakes by Facebook for them to actually die. While another social network could potentially eat their market Facebook aren't just going to sit idly by and let them. They have the resources to tackle pretty much any threat, so the only way for them to fail is by getting things wrong internally. No one is going to invent a new way of communicating that Facebook can't copy. Why do you think zuck is working so hard on VR or why he split off messenger - because he knows facebooks survival is limited. What's app and Instagram is more of a threat than FB. I suspect a lot of Facebook's 'side projects' are driven by what Zuck finds interesting rather than what he thinks is important to Facebook's future. You people obviously don't use FB< if you did you'd realize that there is huge fatigue on the platform I don't think it's possible to gauge 1.86 billion people's opinions of Facebook by the things you see when you log in to your own account.

blazespin 10y ago
I am not sure people want another social network. It's not like search or computer OS or even Netflix. My feeling is that FB, as is (social news feeds), has no real future. I think the future is messenger, WhatsApp, instagram, vr, etc. The reason fb is popular is zucks sheer force of Will and not because it's particularly necessary.