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Facebook is for grandparents: What we need in a next-gen social network
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#22I find Path(www.path.com) to be promising. Pretty neat and intuitive.
They don't exactly have a clean history
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5630449
Re: Facebook is for grandparents: What we need in a next-gen social network
#23The social networks are like TV shows. They have a limited run. This is because it's entertainment, rather than tech. Hollywood knows how this works, and they do not incorporate or IPO each individual TV show: instead they incorporate studios, that produce many different shows. Facebook is forced into this model too by reality, thus they bought Instagram, and tried to buy Snapchat. Those shows will also have a limite…
isn't that what Obvious is? https://medium.com/obvious/3cb1d19eae8
In its emergent form, yes. They need to start branding it: Medium [brought to you by Obvious]. More importantly, the key is to reduce the cost of purchasing or coding the next Instagram, as the commenter above noted.
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#24I find Path(www.path.com) to be promising. Pretty neat and intuitive.
Isn't closed to your social circle? OP wants something that helps you expand to other social circles. Arrive to a new city none of your friends are in, and have an app tell you what is around you based on your interests and posts.
Yeah, true. OP expresses his concern over Facebook's ad revenue system, the clutter it creates and how it spoils his entire Social Network experience. Path, on the other hand gives a user a rich and a personal experience. I guess that's the trade-off there. For getting recommendations based on location and interests, I use Circle(discovercircle.com). Works fine for me. :-)
Re: Facebook is for grandparents: What we need in a next-gen social network
#25The social networks are like TV shows. They have a limited run. This is because it's entertainment, rather than tech. Hollywood knows how this works, and they do not incorporate or IPO each individual TV show: instead they incorporate studios, that produce many different shows. Facebook is forced into this model too by reality, thus they bought Instagram, and tried to buy Snapchat. Those shows will also have a limite…
It seems like you're implying entertainment : limited run :: tech : not limited run. But that can't be right, because plenty of bits of tech have had limited runs, and there are bits of entertainment that are centuries old and still going. So could you clarify what you meant in your first paragraph?
I think that it would be more correct to say the social networks that have failed have not had the kind of classical design that could make them long-term parts of society, unlike, say, Shakespeare. But then, that is a fairly trivial observation too. Of course social networks that have failed have lacked the qualities that could make them not fail.
Re: Facebook is for grandparents: What we need in a next-gen social network
#26The new social network should share profits with users who create the content. In fact, it shall only take a small commission, and offer the option to convert the commission to a fixed monthly sum in exchange for the technology services it provides.
An interesting idea, but won't that encourage spam?
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#28Being for grandparents makes Facebook stable - at least in markets like the US with greying demographics. Heck, the people who were on it when it was student-oriented invite-only and hook-up driven are pushing 30 these days.
And that means they''re headed into life phases where they buy high profit goods and services like stroller systems and financial services. And old folks like grandpa? Well he's buying pharmaceuticals and taking cruises.
Re: Facebook is for grandparents: What we need in a next-gen social network
#29The social networks are like TV shows. They have a limited run. This is because it's entertainment, rather than tech. Hollywood knows how this works, and they do not incorporate or IPO each individual TV show: instead they incorporate studios, that produce many different shows. Facebook is forced into this model too by reality, thus they bought Instagram, and tried to buy Snapchat. Those shows will also have a limite…
It seems like you're implying entertainment : limited run :: tech : not limited run. But that can't be right, because plenty of bits of tech have had limited runs, and there are bits of entertainment that are centuries old and still going. So could you clarify what you meant in your first paragraph? I think that it would be more correct to say the social networks that have failed have not had the kind of classical de…
some tech has short run; and some entertainment has long runs (like ER TV show), but these are exceptions to the rule. Your search engine, Google has enjoyed a 14 year run, and is going strong. Windows OS has enjoyed a nearly 30 years run so far.
Kardashians on the other hand, enjoyed only a couple of years of popularity. This is what I mean.
Re: Facebook is for grandparents: What we need in a next-gen social network
#30So is the iPhone at this point.