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• ryandrake 8y ago
  Depends on how you define "here to stay." All fashions come and go. I am willing to absolutely guarantee that there will be no trace of Instagram in 50 years, maybe it would vanish in 20 years. It could be irrelevant even earlier than 10 years. Same with Twitter, Facebook, and other so-called giants. 50 years ago, Woodstock didn't even happen yet. A lot changes in that amount of time.
  • oblio 8y ago
    Depending on how big they are, they can sustain themselves. The pioneers have a high mortality rate, but the survivors are usually pretty rugged. Commodore and DEC went under, but Apple and Microsoft will probably bury us both. Facebook, via both its main site and also WhatsApp and Instagram, seems to be solidifying its position. Google's already there. Twitter: hard to say, they're the ones most likely to go under in my opinion.
• jazzyjackson 8y ago
  I would be curious to know your theory on why BBS's vanished, and also why you suppose Instagram is here for good. Because of the advertising revenue, or something eles? For contrast, I just figure BBS died due to eternal September on the hardware scaling side - the rate at which people became computers users increased much faster than the rate at which people became sysadmins and moderators. So, the internet became unmoderated, un-administered.