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Any ideas about where the users (twitter/facebook) are going to? What these users that are not on twitter anymore are doing instead?

by argo_ 8y ago

AznHisoka 8y ago
Instagram is my first guess.
- perseusprime11 8y ago
  Instagram will have its own moment to shine. All the 40 somethings trying to be like 20 somethings with their before and after pictures is not going to last once they realize that they are simply models on steriods. Usage will drop.
donaltroddyn 8y ago
I left Facebook entirely earlier this year, and haven't replaced it with any other service. I'm wondering now about my Twitter account. It's a good source for infosec and test automation news, but nothing I couldn't live without.
- foolproofplan 8y ago
  Any specific accounts you might suggest related to test automation?
pwned1 8y ago
Real life.
- cirgue 8y ago
  I hope that's where this is going.
  - thewizardofaus 8y ago
    Me too. I noticed something yesterday on the train - which made me sad. The carriage had over 100 people; yet 95% had their heads down and looking at their phone. Most people didn't lookup throughout the whole 20 minute train ride. For social media making everyone connected, it sure has made everyone else more isolated with each other.
    - blisterpeanuts 8y ago
      A common observation, yet how have things really changed? When I was riding subways, buses, and commuter trains back in the 80s-90s, everyone had their faces in books or magazines the entire ride, and there was zero interaction with their fellow riders. Maybe in some non-East Coast region, people do/did interact more; I wouldn't know. I would further observe that in a way, people have more of a shared experience today because of social media & internet in general. We're still social creatures, just in a different way today. Admittedly, it's different from the days of yore, when people would hang out at the general store (or bar) and chat with the general community of people who passed through. But those days ended long before the Internet came along.
krageon 8y ago
You are assuming it needs to be replaced at all. These services are vapid additions to your life and once they are gone I think people will realize they didn't need to exist in the first place.
- InternetUser 8y ago
  Take my own changing habits, for example: over a span of 15 years, I "migrated" from MySpace to Tumblr to Reddit and a few news websites. I have only ever used Facebook except to promote a website. I think tens of millions of people, mostly young guys, prefer playing videos games over any form of social networking or even writing comments in response to ANY type of content.
  - beaconstudios 8y ago
    games plus discord is a form of social network in some ways.
    - SXX 8y ago
      And Discord really don't much power over their userbase unlike Facebook (have massive networking effect) and Twitter (have popular personalities). If Discord ever going to mess with things like censorship or forcing people into paid plans users could migrate really fast. * Gamers are either tech-savvy or always have friends who are. * Gamers stick to their small communities and leaders. If you superstar and announce that you're leaving Facebook nobody will follow, but gamers always follow their group / clan / whatever leaders. * Also there is at least few companies like Valve, Blizzard, Epic Games who hold huge part of the market and have extremely loyal customers. They could certainly manage to set competition for Discord if there will be opening.
- volkk 8y ago
  you are assuming that people only use these services for vapid interactions. plenty of people that live in censored countries use twitter to find out what is going on around them
neuronic 8y ago
Why does everyone need to go somewhere else when they leave a crappy service? Stop thinking like that. As a teen/college student I used both and nowadays I barely touch these "services" (rather psychological malware). I suppose I migrated to my Kindle?
- bduerst 8y ago
  Pretty much. People have X hours where they are awake during the day - if they are spending Y less time on social networks that doesn't mean they're migrating Y to new social networks. It just means they're focusing on something else.
testingforwhat 8y ago
The 18-25-year-old crowd here in Denmark are on Snapchat. Many of them also use Instagram but with private profiles.
- ksec 8y ago
  I wonder if the Snapchat generation are going to grow up and uses Snapchat for business. Like now when everyone uses either WeChat or WhatsApp for business.
majewsky 8y ago
As one of those ex-MAUs: Nowhere. I used to have Twitter and Tumblr on my phone (Tumblr mostly for following a bunch of webcomics). One day, I noticed how much time I spend in those apps, so I deleted both of them and while I was at times tempted to reinstall them, I never gave in. (I never had a Facebook account to begin with.)
bdcravens 8y ago
Presumably the same place they were before Twitter came along. Most users aren't finding they have a Twitter-sized hole that now needs filling.
jwegan 8y ago
GDPR could be a factor since it required shutting down accounts of people aged 13-16 that did not have parental consent. Getting parental consent required having parents sign a form and send it in.
- ascorbic 8y ago
  That's not true. Consent is only one basis for processing. If they stick to using it for legitimate interest reasons then they don't need consent. Even ads can be a legitimate interest, and probably are in twitter's case, though the user is always allowed to opt out of that. There's also nothing that requires parental consent to involve signing a form.

Any ideas about where the users (twitter/facebook) are going to? What these users that are not on twitter anymore are doing instead?

by argo_ 8y ago

Any ideas about where the users (twitter/facebook) are going to? What these users that are not on twitter anymore are doing instead?

AznHisoka 8y ago

Instagram is my first guess.

perseusprime11 8y ago
Instagram will have its own moment to shine. All the 40 somethings trying to be like 20 somethings with their before and after pictures is not going to last once they realize that they are simply models on steriods. Usage will drop.

donaltroddyn 8y ago

I left Facebook entirely earlier this year, and haven't replaced it with any other service. I'm wondering now about my Twitter account. It's a good source for infosec and test automation news, but nothing I couldn't live without.

foolproofplan 8y ago
Any specific accounts you might suggest related to test automation?

pwned1 8y ago

Real life.

cirgue 8y ago
I hope that's where this is going.
- thewizardofaus 8y ago
  Me too. I noticed something yesterday on the train - which made me sad. The carriage had over 100 people; yet 95% had their heads down and looking at their phone. Most people didn't lookup throughout the whole 20 minute train ride. For social media making everyone connected, it sure has made everyone else more isolated with each other.
  - blisterpeanuts 8y ago
    A common observation, yet how have things really changed? When I was riding subways, buses, and commuter trains back in the 80s-90s, everyone had their faces in books or magazines the entire ride, and there was zero interaction with their fellow riders. Maybe in some non-East Coast region, people do/did interact more; I wouldn't know. I would further observe that in a way, people have more of a shared experience today because of social media & internet in general. We're still social creatures, just in a different way today. Admittedly, it's different from the days of yore, when people would hang out at the general store (or bar) and chat with the general community of people who passed through. But those days ended long before the Internet came along.

krageon 8y ago

You are assuming it needs to be replaced at all. These services are vapid additions to your life and once they are gone I think people will realize they didn't need to exist in the first place.

InternetUser 8y ago
Take my own changing habits, for example: over a span of 15 years, I "migrated" from MySpace to Tumblr to Reddit and a few news websites. I have only ever used Facebook except to promote a website. I think tens of millions of people, mostly young guys, prefer playing videos games over any form of social networking or even writing comments in response to ANY type of content.
- beaconstudios 8y ago
  games plus discord is a form of social network in some ways.
  - SXX 8y ago
    And Discord really don't much power over their userbase unlike Facebook (have massive networking effect) and Twitter (have popular personalities). If Discord ever going to mess with things like censorship or forcing people into paid plans users could migrate really fast. * Gamers are either tech-savvy or always have friends who are. * Gamers stick to their small communities and leaders. If you superstar and announce that you're leaving Facebook nobody will follow, but gamers always follow their group / clan / whatever leaders. * Also there is at least few companies like Valve, Blizzard, Epic Games who hold huge part of the market and have extremely loyal customers. They could certainly manage to set competition for Discord if there will be opening.
volkk 8y ago
you are assuming that people only use these services for vapid interactions. plenty of people that live in censored countries use twitter to find out what is going on around them

neuronic 8y ago

Why does everyone need to go somewhere else when they leave a crappy service? Stop thinking like that. As a teen/college student I used both and nowadays I barely touch these "services" (rather psychological malware). I suppose I migrated to my Kindle?

bduerst 8y ago
Pretty much. People have X hours where they are awake during the day - if they are spending Y less time on social networks that doesn't mean they're migrating Y to new social networks. It just means they're focusing on something else.

testingforwhat 8y ago

The 18-25-year-old crowd here in Denmark are on Snapchat. Many of them also use Instagram but with private profiles.

ksec 8y ago
I wonder if the Snapchat generation are going to grow up and uses Snapchat for business. Like now when everyone uses either WeChat or WhatsApp for business.

majewsky 8y ago

As one of those ex-MAUs: Nowhere. I used to have Twitter and Tumblr on my phone (Tumblr mostly for following a bunch of webcomics). One day, I noticed how much time I spend in those apps, so I deleted both of them and while I was at times tempted to reinstall them, I never gave in. (I never had a Facebook account to begin with.)

bdcravens 8y ago

Presumably the same place they were before Twitter came along. Most users aren't finding they have a Twitter-sized hole that now needs filling.

jwegan 8y ago

GDPR could be a factor since it required shutting down accounts of people aged 13-16 that did not have parental consent. Getting parental consent required having parents sign a form and send it in.

ascorbic 8y ago
That's not true. Consent is only one basis for processing. If they stick to using it for legitimate interest reasons then they don't need consent. Even ads can be a legitimate interest, and probably are in twitter's case, though the user is always allowed to opt out of that. There's also nothing that requires parental consent to involve signing a form.