Microsoft’s Real Problem: Facebook is the New Outlook, and- not Listening to Generation Y

Re:Microsoft’s Real Problem: Facebook is the New Outlook, an... by gnaritas on Saturday September 13, 2008 @07:15PM (#303446)

More likely, as Facebook users get older, they'll grow out of Facebook and realize it's just a silly website.

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Re:Microsoft’s Real Problem: Facebook is the New Outlook, an... by michaelmurphy on Saturday September 13, 2008 @07:50PM (#303474)

I disagree.

Obviously some people who think Facebook is silly will always think it's silly. But for current Facebook users, I think it will only get more useful to them as they get older.

Up to a certain point in life, getting older usually means more responsibilities; jobs, kids, etc. That's less time to maintain and cultivate face to face social relationships.

I think you'll find Facebook's population is only getting older as people with limited time go online to create and maintain those relationships.

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Re:Microsoft’s Real Problem: Facebook is the New Outlook, an... by ii on Saturday September 13, 2008 @11:16PM (#303561)

... and switch to something like "Facebook for Enterprise 2.0", not Outlook.

update: I bet every popular web service eventually will have enterprise-oriented version, like Yammer is to Twitter.

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