facebook is over

krispy kremlin wrote:

informal surveys of relatives/cousins during the holiday: high school cousins barely using it because of parents/aunt/uncles now monitor their profiles; college age cousins are increasing weary of privacy issues and just posting generic "I'm still here" photos; aunts/uncles can't remember passwords.

FB going forward will return to being a glorified contact directory as youngsters flee or diminish their presence though the company will remain a social media stalwart by virtue of its omnipresence.

I wish this were true. But we are a society full of butt-kissers and wagon-jumpers who file into any goliath that can't be displaced. Those who grew up in the late 90s dreamed of much better things for the internet... Instead the masses sold our souls out to a prefab architecture which precludes all the wondrous possibility dreamed of in the young days of the internet. The architecture has gotten worse and worse in the last 6 years, deliberately depriving users of choice, freedom, identity, etc. in the name of corporate control and big money. It's beyond disgusting, Unchristian, unpunk rock, uncool, and I have heard nary a word about it.

FB was cool when it started out: a few elite colleges. Then some of the state schools. Hookup city and creativity in hooking up and spitting game: the years 2004 to 2008. People listed their residences! out of a drop down toggle menu. It was awesome. I imagine for a brief bit of time, snapchat is like that. But all the new social media--Instagram, Vine, etc.--are still just corporate puppetry and its users, corporate pawns. So sad

Agree

Welcome to 2013!

LOL letsrun squares are figuring this out now? Old story.

True Life: I am a Corporate Pawn as declared by a LetsRun poster

...troll

rcs^362 wrote:

LOL letsrun squares are figuring this out now? Old story.

Yep. This is an old story. My two teenage kids almost never use Facebook, anymore. Twitter and even better, Instagram, are their modes of choice. Add Snapchat and Facetime and even Skype, and they just don't have a use for Facebook anymore. Just too much work and not instant enough for the youth of today.

Flagpole wrote:

Yep. This is an old story. My two teenage kids almost never use Facebook, anymore. Twitter and even better, Instagram, are their modes of choice. Add Snapchat and Facetime and even Skype, and they just don't have a use for Facebook anymore. Just too much work and not instant enough for the youth of today.

I agree with your conclusion--that FB has long jumped the shark and isn't as relevant as it once was.

However, I am always baffled when folks say that Twitter or Instagram are more "instant" than Facebook. I think Facebook sucks because almost everyone is on it and, frankly, as collective body almost everyone sucks.

I don't really see how either of the other two mediums are more "instant."

Too bad what you spout doesn't reflect their earnings, as even their stock continues to climb, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook

People in real life roll their eyes at you, FYI.

Facebook the user interface is doing just fine. Facebook the corporation is actually doing very well thanks to several strategic investments, don't forget that FB as a corporation owns instagram. They bought instagram for around $1 Billion a few years ago, and it was recently valued at around $30+ Billion by a wall street analyst. What's App likely has some interesting value to be exploited, as does their partnership with Oculus. FB is positioning itself to be the next MSFT, and will likely have a large number of successful revenue streams that will eventually pay dividends in 5-10 years time to its shareholders.

I have no financial interest in FB or any tech company for that matter, but do follow the sector and its developments with interest.

krispy kremlin wrote:

though the company will remain a social media stalwart by virtue of its omnipresence.

You say it is over and then you say it will remain a stalwart.

Forrest for the Trees wrote:

Facebook the user interface is doing just fine. Facebook the corporation is actually doing very well thanks to several strategic investments, don't forget that FB as a corporation owns instagram. They bought instagram for around $1 Billion a few years ago, and it was recently valued at around $30+ Billion by a wall street analyst. What's App likely has some interesting value to be exploited, as does their partnership with Oculus. FB is positioning itself to be the next MSFT, and will likely have a large number of successful revenue streams that will eventually pay dividends in 5-10 years time to its shareholders.

I have no financial interest in FB or any tech company for that matter, but do follow the sector and its developments with interest.

Yep. I was talking simply of the site Facebook.com.

Where will I post my training runs and pictures of my running medals?

Mundus Vult wrote:

Flagpole wrote:

Yep. This is an old story. My two teenage kids almost never use Facebook, anymore. Twitter and even better, Instagram, are their modes of choice. Add Snapchat and Facetime and even Skype, and they just don't have a use for Facebook anymore. Just too much work and not instant enough for the youth of today.

I agree with your conclusion--that FB has long jumped the shark and isn't as relevant as it once was.

However, I am always baffled when folks say that Twitter or Instagram are more "instant" than Facebook. I think Facebook sucks because almost everyone is on it and, frankly, as collective body almost everyone sucks.

I don't really see how either of the other two mediums are more "instant."

Much easier to get photos up on Instagram, and the very nature of it brings quick, short responses; less time involved. Same with Twitter, though since everyone has a camera, Instagram is definitely the favorite of my kids and their friends. Facebook is seen as too much work and too time consuming.

humble bragger wrote:

Where will I post my training runs and pictures of my running medals?

Instagram!

The most unfortunate thing about the internet is that it was basically founded on being a "free" network of information and so forth. There was such a craze for "free Mp3s" in the first generation of the internet with Napster and other P2P applications like KaZaa and Limewire. From there everyone's ideal is "internet and free".

Now, just in the recent years, people are hardcore backpedaling. Newspaper websites especially. "Sorry people, what was once free is now available for X amount of dollars per month." Look at flotrack! That is just one very small example. And we all bitch about it non stop.

Mundus Vult wrote:

I think Facebook sucks because almost everyone is on it and, frankly, as collective body almost everyone sucks.

As Yogi Berra once said:

"Nobody goes there any more. It's too crowded."

Instagram is not as hip as you think and also losing the youth crowd. Twitter as well. Facebook just started its decline first.

how about tumblr?