Reasons to think that, in terms of influence if not wealth, Facebook has peaked

Re:Reasons to think that, in terms of influence if not wealt... by utellme on Saturday February 17, 2018 @05:26PM (#16403119)

It's correct and incorrect at the same time. Social networks like cars, they give value when it's being used. To sell ads social networks must be sure that someone scrolling feeds. No usage - no gains.

Even with huge amount of users data nothing guaranteed. You can't sell same stuff periodically, big data has value only when they are actual.

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Re:Reasons to think that, in terms of influence if not wealt... by oldcynic on Saturday February 17, 2018 @07:08PM (#16403596)

If, as seems to be the case, Instagram is the popular destination to migrate to will Facebook be too bothered by a drop in Facebook numbers? Sure some will go elsewhere, and block enough FB tracking to disappear entirely.

Instagram, of course, will allow Facebook to keep tracking and advertising to people just fine. No doubt they've already linked Instagram and FB identities wherever possible.

So all that remains is to see if ads work as profitably on that platform. If they don't there will no doubt be an Instagram redesign for that.

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Re:Reasons to think that, in terms of influence if not wealt... by gaius on Sunday February 18, 2018 @04:07AM (#16405135)

Instagram, of course, will allow Facebook to keep tracking and advertising to people just fine

There aren’t many “like/share this in Instagram” buttons around the web.

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Re:Reasons to think that, in terms of influence if not wealt... by utellme on Sunday February 18, 2018 @06:07AM (#16405494)

That's the key idea - they will continue to do M&A to get advantage in tracking and exploring user behavior.

Instagram is just data provider.

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Re:Reasons to think that, in terms of influence if not wealt... by clay_the_ripper on Saturday February 17, 2018 @06:03PM (#16403295)

That’s the point though-they don’t need you to scroll to make money off you. You only need a registered account, and they can track a massive amount about what you do online and then serve you ads across millions of sites and mobile apps. All of this happens off of Facebook owned properties.

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Re:Reasons to think that, in terms of influence if not wealt... by Canada on Saturday February 17, 2018 @06:47PM (#16403509)

Except for those who block third party trackers, which is something like 25% of desktop users and 15% of mobile users.

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Re:Reasons to think that, in terms of influence if not wealt... by utellme on Sunday February 18, 2018 @06:15AM (#16405515)

Companies like Google or even Mozilla can easily ruin or at least make it harder for social networks to track you and your interests with their browsers. You already have "block thirdparties" checkbox and similar restrictions, soon you will be provided with builtin ad-blocking. Sounds bad for all social networks and tracking services.

So Google has everything in his pocket, but if FB really has something to put against?

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Re:Reasons to think that, in terms of influence if not wealt... by utellme on Sunday February 18, 2018 @06:09AM (#16405500)

You can have account, but if you don't use it, which means you don't share your user experience, social network can't feed you and your friends with fresh and actual stuff.

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