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The hundred billion dollar question is where will people alternately socialize online? Lots of people I know spurn Facebook but use Instagram. Nearly everybody

The hundred billion dollar question is where will people alternately socialize online? Lots of people I know spurn Facebook but use Instagram. Nearly everybody I meet on Fortnite communicates off-game via Snapchat. I personally get my internet dopamine fix through Reddit and Hacker News, and if I want to stay in touch with friends, I call/text/email, like the good old days of like 10 years ago. I don’t see a general global social network around the corner gearing up to dethrone Facebook, but at the same time I am noticing social media usage splintering across a myriad of sites and apps, instead of being dominated by one giant social network.

burlesona 8y ago
That seems like a good and natural thing to me.
minor3rd 8y ago
> The hundred billion dollar question is where will people alternately socialize online? It's a good question. Personally, I got rid of Facebook and didn't feel like I needed a replacement. I do use Instagram and Snapchat, but mostly to communicate with family.
cardimart 8y ago
That crowd is moving to Instagram. Facebook Inc. will survive, unfortunately.
zahrc 8y ago
Wasn't it always like it? Yea Facebook is a big name since 2005(?) But MSN, ICQ, Skype, XFire, WhatsApp and Telegram also were and are still around. (And many many many more) I think that if we would be talking bout people switching from using Google services (specially considering androids Marketshare) that would be more surprising.
burgerzzz 8y ago
maybe people give up on socializing on the internet, i think about replying to something and usually the thought alone is exhausting
hegz 8y ago
Maybe a global general social network simply can't exist. Maybe the people who are not on the network are just as important as the people who are. Facebook is full of people we don't want seeing everything we post. Reddit these days has gotten really bad these days, likely because there are just far too many people on it now.

burlesona 8y ago

That seems like a good and natural thing to me.

minor3rd 8y ago

> The hundred billion dollar question is where will people alternately socialize online? It's a good question. Personally, I got rid of Facebook and didn't feel like I needed a replacement. I do use Instagram and Snapchat, but mostly to communicate with family.

cardimart 8y ago

That crowd is moving to Instagram. Facebook Inc. will survive, unfortunately.

zahrc 8y ago

Wasn't it always like it? Yea Facebook is a big name since 2005(?) But MSN, ICQ, Skype, XFire, WhatsApp and Telegram also were and are still around. (And many many many more) I think that if we would be talking bout people switching from using Google services (specially considering androids Marketshare) that would be more surprising.

burgerzzz 8y ago

maybe people give up on socializing on the internet, i think about replying to something and usually the thought alone is exhausting

hegz 8y ago

Maybe a global general social network simply can't exist. Maybe the people who are not on the network are just as important as the people who are. Facebook is full of people we don't want seeing everything we post. Reddit these days has gotten really bad these days, likely because there are just far too many people on it now.