facebook is over

Star wrote:

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.

No one eats there anymore ... it's too crowded.

Pinterest is taking over.

After two profitable breakouts in 2013, the stock market appeared to unfriend Facebook, starting in the spring of 2014. Breakouts suddenly couldn't find traction as they did when the going was good. When times were good for Facebook (FB), they were really good: A breakout in July 2013 led to a 68% gain in about three months. A breakout in December 2013 led to a 32% gain in three months. Moves ...

It seems that the adults in their 20s have settled down on Facebook and no longer have an interest in building up their personal Facebook Empire.

5 years ago I was always posting statuses, adding pics and sending friend requests. Now, I can't remember the last time I met someone and thought, "Hey, I should send them a friend request when I get home later." Many young adults, including myself, have downsized their Facebook Empire, deleting friends, old photo albums and old statuses, and henceforth keeping a more limited presence.

There are 2 reasons why many have downsized their FB presence:

(1) They realized that less is more. Posting less makes you seem like you have more of a life.

(2) They've experienced repercussions from their activity. Maybe they didn't get that job because the nosy HR lady found their Facebook profile and saw that they "like" a pro-life page. Or maybe they drunkenly messaged a girl from their high school and she defriended them.

Less of an FB presence = less metadata = less $$$ for FB,

which is why FB makes it so difficult to downsize your presence. Ever wanted to delete all your old statuses? You have to delete each one individually. It could take you an entire day. And then you'll realize that FB temporarily hides a lot of your old statuses. You think you deleted them all, but when you back onto Facebook you'll see old statuses that you didn't see before.

jayzus - do you do anything but think about yourself all day?

I just got a MySpace!

Mundus Vult wrote:

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

I've never seen a more accurate summary of hipster mentality.

Facebook is for affirmative action loving democrats/fairies.

Guess what Americans who think the world ends at their border. They use Facebook in other countries, and it's number of users are exploding in the developing world. Your niece in Iowa might not be using it anymore, but a couple of hundred million in India, Brazil and Indonesia are.

agip wrote:

Also, keep in mind that FB is not cool among teens - so they will, in public, deny using it. But they lie! They still are using it for all kinds of things.

exactly....a kid who "hates" facebook is checking it only 5 times a day instead of 10.

Inyourbackyardmaybe wrote:

Guess what Americans who think the world ends at their border. They use Facebook in other countries, and it's number of users are exploding in the developing world. Your niece in Iowa might not be using it anymore, but a couple of hundred million in India, Brazil and Indonesia are.

Guess what, 'Inyourbackyardmaybe'. The ROW follows America in all things pop culture-related. FB is so last decade in the US right now. It will be so last decade in the ROW soon enough.

People have been saying Facebook is over for years. All of my friends check FB just as much as they ever have.

Incorrect

tumble weed wrote:

how about tumblr?

My kids primarily use tumblr and skype, facebook secondarily. Also Xbox Live for game chats. They hate the fact that parents can check up on them on FB or Twitter. FB groups becoming polarized, being taken over by both right/left wing, creationists/pro-science, vegans/paleo, xfit/endurance-only etc etc, and of course trolls...wait, what, i'm talking about LetsRun!

tumblr is the new sesame street, brief annoying bits of entertainment that just further entrench the ADD/ADHD behaviour of youth today. At least video games provide long term focus, attention and both individual/group based problem solving.

FB will be around a long time, some people are still used email based bulletin board forums.

Golden Oldie wrote:

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FB will be around a long time, some people are still used email based bulletin board forums.

Really? Who?

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.

All social media is for crap...

It is all part of a narcissistic society that need to have validation from the outside. Even if that outside has no relation to you (i.e LRC).

Can you not cultivate any person to person relationships?

Can you not find fulfillment and motivation within your own life?

Wall Street disagrees with you big time. The population demographic that has money and actually spends it now dominates FB. FB's revenues from advertising alone will continue to feed its growth and evolution. I wish it weren't true, but we'll see.

I use email.

Mostly really old folks (like, 50+, you know), but i've even seen Kevin Sullivan post on this thing.