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> I have learned that social networks obeys to generations more than to features. People only switch when a new generation operates on the social network This
by civilized 4y ago
> I have learned that social networks obeys to generations more than to features. People only switch when a new generation operates on the social network
This feels deeply right and helps explain why FB succeeded. For a few years it really was the place for Millennials in college and grad school. Posting your social life to FB felt meaningful. I wonder how things feel to people currently in that life stage.
- rossdavidh 4y agoAs father of a 16-year old girl, I can say neither her nor any of her friends have FB accounts. Youtube, TikTok, sometimes other things, but mostly they use text chat to communicate.
- emmo 4y agoThat's the idea though, right? She's the new generation.
- civilized 4y agotext, like SMS?
- no-reply 4y agoSMS or iMessage.
- rossdavidh 4y agoyes, not that she would call it that, she just hits the app called "Text" on her smartphone.
- outericky 4y agoalso instagram chat and snapchat
- majani 4y agoNowadays the need for Facebook arises after you finish school and want to reconnect with lost friends
- simjnd 4y ago- boomers are on Facebook - mid to late 20s are on Instagram - late teenagers to mid 20s are on Snapchat - younger than that they're on TikTok - everyone is on YouTube - nerds are on Twitter
- msmenardi 4y agoWhat about everyone between "late 20s" and "boomers"?
- cercatrova 4y ago> I wonder how things feel to people currently in that life stage. Those that come after do not use Facebook. They use other Meta products, like Instagram, and non-Meta products like TikTok. This is precisely the genius of Zuck, because he understood > I have learned that social networks obeys to generations more than to features. People only switch when a new generation operates on the social network. way before most people and was ruthless in acquiring or shutting down competitors. That is why Meta is still alive today while many other social networks are dead.
- zanellato19 4y agoWhich is why those acquisitions should not have been allowed. We would have a much more competitive space right now if Facebook wasn't allowed to just buy their competitors.
- cercatrova 4y agoPerhaps. Even still, social networks ebb and flow, there is no guarantee that people will continue to use Instagram in the future, so even as they were acquired, it might have been for naught in the end.