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Anecdote: I have a friend who's a college professor - a student told him that Facebook is passe because 1) it's got too many ads 2) everyone's parents are on i

by jes5199 14y ago

Anecdote: I have a friend who's a college professor - a student told him that Facebook is passe because 1) it's got too many ads 2) everyone's parents are on it. It's possible that this is just the lifecycle of social networks - they gradually get infiltrated by money and adults, and the young people move on, causing the network to stagnate and die. I guess it's still possible that there's a niche for a stable, long-term social network for people over 30, but I guess only time will tell.

waterlesscloud 14y ago
Here's something to consider- Kids who feel the need to be somewhere cooler will be both there and on Facebook. Why is that outcome not more likely than Facebook will stagnate and die?
- deleted 14y ago
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- artursapek 14y ago
  Speaking as a kid (19 y/o), we like rejecting things that are uncool. Nobody my age uses Google Plus, for example. Facebook's coolness has been steadily declining and I've been seeing people I know ditch it one at a time since I quit about 4 months ago. Also, I think we don't like dividing our attention/loyalty. It's seriously fucked up, though. Now that I'm free of the Facebook mental disease, it's disgusting to watch my friends in college mindlessly scrolling through the News Feed and not reacting to anything. Down, back up, back down... Facebook will be easy to replace with something new soon, I think that will be a really opportunistic window in about a year or so.
  - sabathmt 14y ago
    You are absolutely correct sir. I am (21 y/o) going to be a senior in college. I notice (among my friends/fraternity) is that not many kids post statuses too often. the main sticking point is to see new photos your friends are tagged in (imho). Facebook's height was 2-3 years ago honestly
    - AVTizzle 14y ago
      There's a pending IPO that disagrees with you in no small way.
      - reneherse 14y ago
        IPO = exit strategy
  - jrockway 14y ago
    Speaking as a kid (19 y/o), we like rejecting things that are uncool. Nobody my age uses Google Plus, for example. Aha, now I know why Google+ seems so pleasant :)
  - jrmg 14y ago
    How are you communicating with each other now (when not in person, obviously)? SMS? Is there a 'broadcast' type mechanism you're [perhaps also] using for group messages, party invites etc?
    - artursapek 14y ago
      Phone, sometimes email. I've realized that I still keep in touch with people I care about, and those I've lost I don't miss. It's much better, much more natural. The one thing I used to miss is party invites that get sent out to the masses. I would often not hear about them, so I started only going to parties I was personally invited to. Also much happier this way.
  - iamgilesbowkett 14y ago
    "Speaking as a kid (19 y/o), we like rejecting things that are uncool. Nobody my age uses Google Plus, for example." Come on, that doesn't prove anything. Nobody else uses Google Plus either.
dm8 14y ago
When facebook bought Instagram, this is what one disappointed 12 yo girl thought. http://twitpic.com/97ub0z http://twitpic.com/97ub0z "facebook is stupid and for old people. It will change instagram" Edit: By the way, most of teens use facebook heavily
iamgilesbowkett 14y ago
"Facebook is passe because 1) it's got too many ads 2) everyone's parents are on it. It's possible that this is just the lifecycle of social networks - they gradually get infiltrated by money and adults, and the young people move on, causing the network to stagnate and die." I've considered Facebook a nightclub for a long time, but somebody (I think Mark Susser) said that the difference was timing, and Myspace and Friendster were simply too early. That made me pause to think, and I have to admit there may be something to it. So my opinion these days is that there's a small chance he'll turn out to be right, and a much stronger chance that these things are nightclubs - "nobody goes there because it's too crowded" is the beginning of the end for them, and it hits all of them sooner or later.
- bunderbunder 14y ago
  To Susser(?)'s comment: Perhaps, but on the other hand people were saying the same thing about AOL vs. Prodigy and CompuServe.
gaius 14y ago
social network for people over 30 Two words: Friends Reunited.

by jes5199 14y ago

waterlesscloud 14y ago

Here's something to consider- Kids who feel the need to be somewhere cooler will be both there and on Facebook. Why is that outcome not more likely than Facebook will stagnate and die?

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artursapek 14y ago
Speaking as a kid (19 y/o), we like rejecting things that are uncool. Nobody my age uses Google Plus, for example. Facebook's coolness has been steadily declining and I've been seeing people I know ditch it one at a time since I quit about 4 months ago. Also, I think we don't like dividing our attention/loyalty. It's seriously fucked up, though. Now that I'm free of the Facebook mental disease, it's disgusting to watch my friends in college mindlessly scrolling through the News Feed and not reacting to anything. Down, back up, back down... Facebook will be easy to replace with something new soon, I think that will be a really opportunistic window in about a year or so.
- sabathmt 14y ago
  You are absolutely correct sir. I am (21 y/o) going to be a senior in college. I notice (among my friends/fraternity) is that not many kids post statuses too often. the main sticking point is to see new photos your friends are tagged in (imho). Facebook's height was 2-3 years ago honestly
  - AVTizzle 14y ago
    There's a pending IPO that disagrees with you in no small way.
    - reneherse 14y ago
      IPO = exit strategy
- jrockway 14y ago
  Speaking as a kid (19 y/o), we like rejecting things that are uncool. Nobody my age uses Google Plus, for example. Aha, now I know why Google+ seems so pleasant :)
- jrmg 14y ago
  How are you communicating with each other now (when not in person, obviously)? SMS? Is there a 'broadcast' type mechanism you're [perhaps also] using for group messages, party invites etc?
  - artursapek 14y ago
    Phone, sometimes email. I've realized that I still keep in touch with people I care about, and those I've lost I don't miss. It's much better, much more natural. The one thing I used to miss is party invites that get sent out to the masses. I would often not hear about them, so I started only going to parties I was personally invited to. Also much happier this way.
- iamgilesbowkett 14y ago
  "Speaking as a kid (19 y/o), we like rejecting things that are uncool. Nobody my age uses Google Plus, for example." Come on, that doesn't prove anything. Nobody else uses Google Plus either.

dm8 14y ago

When facebook bought Instagram, this is what one disappointed 12 yo girl thought. http://twitpic.com/97ub0z http://twitpic.com/97ub0z "facebook is stupid and for old people. It will change instagram" Edit: By the way, most of teens use facebook heavily

iamgilesbowkett 14y ago

"Facebook is passe because 1) it's got too many ads 2) everyone's parents are on it. It's possible that this is just the lifecycle of social networks - they gradually get infiltrated by money and adults, and the young people move on, causing the network to stagnate and die." I've considered Facebook a nightclub for a long time, but somebody (I think Mark Susser) said that the difference was timing, and Myspace and Friendster were simply too early. That made me pause to think, and I have to admit there may be something to it. So my opinion these days is that there's a small chance he'll turn out to be right, and a much stronger chance that these things are nightclubs - "nobody goes there because it's too crowded" is the beginning of the end for them, and it hits all of them sooner or later.

bunderbunder 14y ago
To Susser(?)'s comment: Perhaps, but on the other hand people were saying the same thing about AOL vs. Prodigy and CompuServe.

gaius 14y ago

social network for people over 30 Two words: Friends Reunited.