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Time. People get bored. People grow up. People move on.

tomjen3 16y ago
My mom is on Facebook (sorry, not a joke) but even if her age was the limit, that still means that Facebook will be relevant for 20+ years. So I doubt that is what is going to kill Facebook.
- hugh3 16y ago
  I think the fact that "my parents are on facebook" might be what kills facebook. Thankfully mine aren't, but I know some of my friends do have parents who are their friends on facebook, and I have to watch my mouth accordingly. (Luckily my own wall is still a haven for all sorts of filth which will never be shared with my relatives or workmates.) If you've ever seen lamebook.com, a fairly high proportion of the entries involve inappropriate comments by young folks being intercepted by aged relatives. Sure, you can block certain things from certain people, but those controls are pretty unwieldy. Eventually the young folks will have to find somewhere to hang out without their parents.
  - ludicast 16y ago
    My wife's young cousin once posted a frowny-face on facebook and her psycho mother posted that was because she was punished for being bad.
    - pyre 16y ago
      I could easily see that same conversation playing out in real life and not think that the mom was psycho for saying it. Is the mom really psycho because it happened online, or is it just a sign of the times? I.e. girl gets punished, acts upset. Mother says something to the effect of, "If you can't do the time, then don't do the crime."
      - jp_sc 16y ago
        It might seem the same as saying it at the house in front of some of her close friends, but publishing it at her Facebook account is more like saying it publicly in front of her whole class.
      - ludicast 16y ago
        Psycho to start with - this behavior is just par for the course for her.
  - tiles 16y ago
    Yet this fear is largely self-imposed. My parents have Facebooks, and I encourage their use of it for socializing. I, however, am not friends with them. They're not upset by this. Yet many of my (IRL) friends are friends with their parents, and have similar complaints. Perhaps the future of Facebook is not the expansion of your social graph, but the isolation of your social graphs. Perhaps that will be what kills the behemoth Facebook, the same ease of use, but with better controls over what persona you represent to what people.
    - tomjen3 16y ago
      Thats kind of what frid.ge is, isn't it?
  - apalmblad 16y ago
    Nexopia, a small social network that saw a bit of success with teens in western Canada, made up some great T-shirts encourage the use of Nexopia "because your mother's on Facebook." Made me laugh the first time I saw them, and your comment reminded me of them.

My mom is on Facebook (sorry, not a joke) but even if her age was the limit, that still means that Facebook will be relevant for 20+ years. So I doubt that is what is going to kill Facebook.

hugh3 16y ago
I think the fact that "my parents are on facebook" might be what kills facebook. Thankfully mine aren't, but I know some of my friends do have parents who are their friends on facebook, and I have to watch my mouth accordingly. (Luckily my own wall is still a haven for all sorts of filth which will never be shared with my relatives or workmates.) If you've ever seen lamebook.com, a fairly high proportion of the entries involve inappropriate comments by young folks being intercepted by aged relatives. Sure, you can block certain things from certain people, but those controls are pretty unwieldy. Eventually the young folks will have to find somewhere to hang out without their parents.
- ludicast 16y ago
  My wife's young cousin once posted a frowny-face on facebook and her psycho mother posted that was because she was punished for being bad.
  - pyre 16y ago
    I could easily see that same conversation playing out in real life and not think that the mom was psycho for saying it. Is the mom really psycho because it happened online, or is it just a sign of the times? I.e. girl gets punished, acts upset. Mother says something to the effect of, "If you can't do the time, then don't do the crime."
    - jp_sc 16y ago
      It might seem the same as saying it at the house in front of some of her close friends, but publishing it at her Facebook account is more like saying it publicly in front of her whole class.
    - ludicast 16y ago
      Psycho to start with - this behavior is just par for the course for her.
- tiles 16y ago
  Yet this fear is largely self-imposed. My parents have Facebooks, and I encourage their use of it for socializing. I, however, am not friends with them. They're not upset by this. Yet many of my (IRL) friends are friends with their parents, and have similar complaints. Perhaps the future of Facebook is not the expansion of your social graph, but the isolation of your social graphs. Perhaps that will be what kills the behemoth Facebook, the same ease of use, but with better controls over what persona you represent to what people.
  - tomjen3 16y ago
    Thats kind of what frid.ge is, isn't it?
- apalmblad 16y ago
  Nexopia, a small social network that saw a bit of success with teens in western Canada, made up some great T-shirts encourage the use of Nexopia "because your mother's on Facebook." Made me laugh the first time I saw them, and your comment reminded me of them.