We actually don't "need" anything more social.
There's a distinct lack of a service that I can post filtered photos of the toilet bowl after crapping for my friends.
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Facebook is for grandparents: What we need in a next-gen social network
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Re: Facebook is for grandparents: What we need in a next-gen social network
#82As long as you can target your content to the various different types of people in your life, why does it matter if they are all in one place? You don't stop using your phone because your parents have a phone too. What Facebook needs is a good, reliable way to keep your conversations with your friends away from your conversations with your parents. Who wants to have to go to a bunch of different places to talk to the people you need to talk to?
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#83Earlier quoted context omitted.
Does this mean I'm going to have to rescue my data every time a software/network is "retired"?
'Rescue' might be the wrong word here. A simple transfer, or updated 'address' form would seem more likely. Like when you want to delete a WP blog, it gives you several options for your content/blog (though most imply not owning it anymore).
That assumes the services you're moving between are based on any kind of standard. Try moving your Facebook data to Google+ and see how far you get.
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I didn't assert that he or she didn't make an argument. I'm just saying the argument has no evidence or logical reasoning for it. Otherwise it's just speculation.
Yes, the best kind of argument, where you get to think for yourself if it holds.
^This doesn't make any sense.
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#85Earlier quoted context omitted.
You haven't provided any evidence that social networks in fact behave like TV shows. The fact that one effect of social networks is to entertain people, and the fact that TV shows also have the effect of entertaining people, does not imply social networks are therefore bound to the rules/generalizations of TV shows.
This is not a trial or Wikipedia, one doesn't have to display evidence to share thoughts. Please retort, provide counter-arguments or share your point. The fact that one effect of social networks is to entertain people, and the fact that TV shows also have the effect of entertaining people, does not imply social networks are therefore bound to the rules/generalizations of TV shows. You are arguing over the logic of a…
The OP made a statement but didn't provide any reasons as to why the statement is true. If you want to get technical about it, it's not my burden to retort something unsubstantiated.
Re: Facebook is for grandparents: What we need in a next-gen social network
#86As long as you can target your content to the various different types of people in your life, why does it matter if they are all in one place? You don't stop using your phone because your parents have a phone too. What Facebook needs is a good, reliable way to keep your conversations with your friends away from your conversations with your parents. Who wants to have to go to a bunch of different places to talk to the…
The problem is Facebook seems to want to do exactly the opposite: open up your life to as many people as possible. It's also shown that it wants to monetize your social connections i.e. beacon and endorsed ads. If Facebook was a service like a phone, then I'd have no issue with it, but it has shown that it wants to play a bigger and more opinionated part of people's lives.
Re: Facebook is for grandparents: What we need in a next-gen social network
#87I'm enjoying the interesting analogies.
I rather view the internet as a party where everyone is invited. The social networks are the loud attention seekers yelling "look at how cool we are". People are wow'd and sucked in. The problem is, it's a keg party and the only way they've been able to monetize is to sell ads at their party. Once the ads go up, the venue is no longer cool and the party moves to a new venue.
Of course, there are other types of parties and my prediction is that quality is going to trump quantity in future networks. Who wants a keg party that sells advertising when the quality of the people I meet at a cocktail party could lead to new opportunities without advertising?
The next wave will build on social and actually generate real value. Therefore, it'll have a new name and it won't be Social 2.0 It'll be something entirely new that addresses that value.