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As usual, the title is a little bit sensationalist. According to the company, Facebook is curently being used actively by 1 billion users. For Facebook to go th
by Mahn 14y ago
As usual, the title is a little bit sensationalist. According to the company, Facebook is curently being used actively by 1 billion users. For Facebook to go the MySpace way (let alone in single year), something incredibly extraordinary would have to happen, akin of Google as a search engine becoming irrelevant. I'm not saying it's impossible, just that it's a bit naive to suggest such thing because teenagers engage less with the site these days.
- rgbrenner 14y agoIf we're going to compare myspace and facebook... it's worth pointing out that myspace, at its peak, had 110m active users. In other words, MySpace never achieved what Facebook has. http://www.web-strategist.com/blog/2008/01/09/social-network-stats-facebook-myspace-reunion-jan-2008/ http://www.web-strategist.com/blog/2008/01/09/social-network...
- bradwestness 14y agoA lot of that can be ascribed to being in the right place at the right time, however. Lots more people have access to the internet, or are internet-savvy enough to use social media sites, than twelve years ago, when MySpace was in its prime. There were no MySpace apps for iPhone or iPad, because the most popular phone at the time was the old Nokia "snake" phone.
- rgbrenner 14y ago12 years ago? Myspace was founded in Aug 2003, meaning it's only 9.5 years old now. It was acquired by News Corp just 8 years ago when they had only 25m registered users [0].. and was at its peak active users just 5 years ago (the numbers I already linked to). Facebook was started only 6 months after Myspace. So this isn't just about being in the right place at the right time. Myspace clearly made mistakes and/or executed poorly. They had the lead until mid-2008.. 0. http://triblive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/s_720589.html#axzz2MLAjKVji http://triblive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/s_720589.html#axzz...
- firefoxman1 14y agoI notice my teenage sister using Facebook as something like an appliance: like email or SMS...it's just a little tool. When I was in highschool, it was a platform; a destination. With un-monitized mobile apps and notifications on every device, it's just a communication tool nowadays. Instagram and Pinterest are what I notice teens using the same way I used Facebook in highschool. So my predicion: it either becomes like Google and Email...or it dies. But nothing can bring back its coolness factor.
- freakyterrorist 14y agoExactly this. 5 years ago I would spend many hours browsing friends walls and playing games. These days I check it for 5 mins for messages and try to ignore the superfluous ads and like spam. Most of my friends have gone from having a new update every other day to updating monthly or less. Facebook will stay around as a tool but it is certainly no longer a social destination.
- 27182818284 14y agoFacebook knows this, however, and its been hinted at that this is by design. It will mean that they always have users.
- MrBra 14y agoAm I the only one who finds that email other than beeing much more appropriate to send .. emails is also way more romantic?