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"AOL is here to stay." "Myspace is here to stay." "Facebook is not going away." "640K should be enough for anyone." The only certainty is change.

freshfunk 13y ago
Arbitrary list? Why not use Google, Apple, Intel?
- cryowaffle 13y ago
  Not arbitrary... list to support his opinion of Facebook.
  - psbp 13y ago
    It's arbitrary because if we're going to assume that facebook is going away, we can just as easily assume that google, intel, etc will.
- unknownian 13y ago
  > Arbitrary list? Why not use Google, Apple, Intel? Hardware is much more important than software. Low level software (like operating systems) is much more important than web applications or services.
mathgladiator 13y ago
> The only certainty is change. Very true, which is why you should trade regularly. Strictly speaking, you can't win unless you play. In the long run, everything dies, so you have to ask yourself: is $FB a good bet for the next year? next 2 years? next five years?
- barking 13y ago
  Stockbrokers encourage regular trading, it's how they make their money and their clients lose theirs, churn is another name for it. You're better off randomly selecting a bunch of investments and sitting on them.
  - mathgladiator 13y ago
    While that's true, it's also not a bad way to get money. You have to first be comfortable with risk, and then play the game.
1qaz2wsx3edc 13y ago
Only a Sith deals in absolutes. On the flip side, myspace/aol/etc are still in use. Things that large don't stop on a dime. I do think facebook is hitting a slowing period, the growth days are long behind them. It's only a matter of time until something new sweeps everyone away. Once that happens it will be the new myspace. Where advertisers don't care to market as much. It won't die but it will become less important, and eventually become irrelevant. FBs push notification campaign shows how they are trying to stay relevant.
- salgernon 13y ago
  Back in the 1990s, movies would include an AOL Screen Name (or something similar, room name or something - but AOL specific) in exactly the same way that movies and other advertisements today specify "like us on facebook." At some point that will stop happening as Facebook loses its shine.
  - fsck--off 13y ago
    You're thinking of AOL keywords.
count 13y ago
I just saw a Myspace ad on ESPN this afternoon. That tells me they're not gone...

freshfunk 13y ago

Arbitrary list? Why not use Google, Apple, Intel?

cryowaffle 13y ago
Not arbitrary... list to support his opinion of Facebook.
- psbp 13y ago
  It's arbitrary because if we're going to assume that facebook is going away, we can just as easily assume that google, intel, etc will.
unknownian 13y ago
> Arbitrary list? Why not use Google, Apple, Intel? Hardware is much more important than software. Low level software (like operating systems) is much more important than web applications or services.

mathgladiator 13y ago

> The only certainty is change. Very true, which is why you should trade regularly. Strictly speaking, you can't win unless you play. In the long run, everything dies, so you have to ask yourself: is $FB a good bet for the next year? next 2 years? next five years?

barking 13y ago
Stockbrokers encourage regular trading, it's how they make their money and their clients lose theirs, churn is another name for it. You're better off randomly selecting a bunch of investments and sitting on them.
- mathgladiator 13y ago
  While that's true, it's also not a bad way to get money. You have to first be comfortable with risk, and then play the game.

1qaz2wsx3edc 13y ago

Only a Sith deals in absolutes. On the flip side, myspace/aol/etc are still in use. Things that large don't stop on a dime. I do think facebook is hitting a slowing period, the growth days are long behind them. It's only a matter of time until something new sweeps everyone away. Once that happens it will be the new myspace. Where advertisers don't care to market as much. It won't die but it will become less important, and eventually become irrelevant. FBs push notification campaign shows how they are trying to stay relevant.

salgernon 13y ago
Back in the 1990s, movies would include an AOL Screen Name (or something similar, room name or something - but AOL specific) in exactly the same way that movies and other advertisements today specify "like us on facebook." At some point that will stop happening as Facebook loses its shine.
- fsck--off 13y ago
  You're thinking of AOL keywords.

count 13y ago

I just saw a Myspace ad on ESPN this afternoon. That tells me they're not gone...