The end of the Facebook era
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The end of the Facebook era
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Re: The end of the Facebook era
#2Facebook is a fad. There is no Facebook "era".
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#3Facebook is a fad. There is no Facebook "era".
"Fad" or "era" – semantics. Everything rises and falls in popularity with varying timelines.
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#4Facebook is a fad. There is no Facebook "era".
Sounds about right. While we are on the same page: Google reads your email and Microsoft is a small company that makes excellent computers mouses.
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#5Facebook is a fad. There is no Facebook "era".
If it's a fad then it has a time period where it is popular, which is entirely reasonable to call an "era".
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#6I see the evolution of social networking evolving from connecting with everyone in the world, aka public networking to only connect with the ones you actually care about, aka private networking. When Facebook was cool, it was cool to know that you can post a status update and have the "whole world" see it. With the rise of messaging services (snapchat, whatsapp, line and so on), we are moving to the stage where you only share with a very small group of closely connected individuals. A more intimate network.
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#7A big counter point to the Facebook is a fad is Pepsi. Pepsi was considered a fad in the 60's when it was already 40 years old. It's still around. It buys coolness with a massive marketing budget. Pepsi is water + corn syrup + some flavor. And it's been around for many, many decades. Pepsi, and Cola, show that being old does not mean you can't still be cool.
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#8I can say I use Facebook Connect to log into web sites everyday, and sometimes I post to Facebook using other sites (if I pin something on Pinterest) but I actually check my facebook page one a month or so.
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#9An alternate opinion: Facebook is heading toward the Trough of Disillusionment of the Hype Cycle: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hype_cycle
Facebook was so ridiculously hot a few years ago that it couldn't possibly have met all of its expectations for changing how we all communicate, replacing all other messaging mediums, dominating how we shop and buy, the portal for all things entertainment, etc.
> Teens likely see Facebook the same way the Facebook generation sees LinkedIn – like a utilitarian place to manage connections.
This sounds a lot like the Plateau of Productivity to me.
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#10I see it so much around me. Small Whatsapp groups, going back to sharing with just the ones we want to share it with. No content police. No long on-line history.