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but newspapers say it is dying , so it must be dying. And that's just a taste of what 'objective' news means.

• ravenstine 8y ago
  Yes, it's because newspapers are telling me it's dying. Right. Newspapers. I don't know if you mean newspapers in a literal sense, but if you do, well, nobody except my parents reads those anymore. ;) Profit and number of users are not good metrics for the future of a platform. Facebook the company probably isn't going to die, but Facebook the platform can and will inevitably become a ghost town in short order, just as all its predecessors. Remember, Facebook is a parent company to other revenue sources. The company will continue to survive. Then again, the same can technically be said of Myspace. Facebook's user growth in North America is in decline. https://techcrunch-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/techcrunch.com/2018/01/31/facebook-time-spent/amp/ https://techcrunch-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/techcrunch.com... Being someone who works for a media company, we've already seen a significant drop in Facebook followers since the Cambridge Analytica fiasco. No, I don't think Facebook the social media platform has a bright future. The fact that Gen Z isn't using Facebook is a sign that Facebook has entered the initial stages of apoptosis. https://amp-businessinsider-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/amp.businessinsider.com/generation-z-facebook-2018-1 https://amp-businessinsider-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/amp.b... I can't say I blame Gen Z. Why would any young person want to use Facebook at this point when it's highly censored and your mom and grandma are peering at every post you make or like?