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I wonder if there's a market for several smaller "social" networks centered around a single focus? I was in college when facebook was expanding through univers
by redidas 13y ago
I wonder if there's a market for several smaller "social" networks centered around a single focus?
I was in college when facebook was expanding through universities. It was great, and the experience and content on facebook mirrored college life.
When it expanded beyond college and added the news feed, I found myself using it less. College-me was not the person I was for my grandma. I didn't care about the political views of my parents' friend who I hadn't seen in 10 years.
And it wasn't just me - Every now and then I log in to facebook to see what old classmates have been up to, and a lot of them have become inactive like myself.
The article mentions teens liking instagram more - its has a purpose centered around photos, and that it.
Writing this, I kind of miss old facebook and its limited uses.
- k-mcgrady 13y agoI hate to be the one to say it but it sounds like you stopped using Facebook because of the people you added. If you want to keep it for college-you don't add your Grandma or parents. I've managed to keep my friends list quite small by not adding people I meet once and never again, and by only adding a few close family members (and then using the privacy controls when sharing to only explicitly share to them when I need to). I've ignored lots of requests for family members and strangers/acquaintances and the quality of my news feed is still as good as it ever was. Single focus social networks like Instagram are great but most people I know that use them just share that stuff out to Facebook anyway.