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A lot of people criticize facebook using the "fad" concept. However, I find that hard to digest because of the investment we've all made in facebook. We've go
by johnrob 19y ago
A lot of people criticize facebook using the "fad" concept. However, I find that hard to digest because of the investment we've all made in facebook. We've got our friends in it, and we rely on it to stay abreast of what they are doing. It has significant mindshare. It is becoming an internet within the internet, if you factor in the percentage of time spent on facebook vs total time online.
Sure, this could all change. Similar arguments have been made about eBay's hold on auctions, but nothing has dented their majority share yet.
My point is, UNLESS something big happens, facebook is going to be a major player. If you argue for a downturn, you have to explain what this big thing is and why it will happen. The burden of proof is on that side of the debate.
- Goladus 19y agoFacebook doesn't even have a majority share yet. Unlike eBay with auctions, there is no winner yet in the social network space unless you count MySpace. Also, most people have trouble duplicating eBay's services successfully. In contrast, for any given feature of Facebook there are probably already plenty of existing alternatives; before you even consider the primary competition like MySpace and Bebo. http://paulbuchheit.blogspot.com/2007/12/theres-no-such-thing-as-social-network.html http://paulbuchheit.blogspot.com/2007/12/theres-no-such-thin... Message boards, Reddits, YouTubes, Blogspots, Flickrs, MMORPG's, eHarmonies, Wikis, and of course just plain old email and the ancient concept of a home page still solve the problems that Facebook solves. Facebook helps you find people and stay in touch. Personally, I have not had much success with it, and if you're not finding people there's really nothing to use it for.