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> The cohort of young people that used AIM/MSN/Y! (depending on your region) aged up into Facebook Chat [1]. Speak for yourself, most of my social group is spl
by Osmium 9y ago
> The cohort of young people that used AIM/MSN/Y! (depending on your region) aged up into Facebook Chat [1].
Speak for yourself, most of my social group is split between iMessage and WhatsApp.
Even so, what Facebook has that MySpace didn't is enough money to buy up its competitors to stay relevant (e.g. WhatsApp). So this might be what will happen, even if Facebook itself fades in relevance.
(Bear in mind that even if Facebook Messenger grew in popularity as AIM declined, so too did the number of people online increase, and the number of people with smartphones -- saying that one increased while the other decreased is not sufficient.)
- woodpanel 9y ago> Even so, what Facebook has that MySpace didn't is enough money to buy up its competitors to stay relevant Echoing that, I'd add that FB/Zuckerberg knows when to do one of the following with an upcoming competitor a) snatch it up b) throw company's resources at duplicating it
- kerng 9y agoGood point, it was pretty interesting that Facebook was allowed to buy WhatsApp. That just seemed like slow monopoly building in live action to me. Regulators just can't keep up