Re:Why is no one making a new version of old Facebook?
by tobymather123 on Tuesday February 20, 2024 @01:54PM
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Hasn't LinkedIn kind of maintained 2 & 3, but in a work specific context? Which maybe feels safer, armed by the suit of a corporate identity...
Re:Why is no one making a new version of old Facebook?
by dividefuel on Tuesday February 20, 2024 @01:56PM
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Yes, I was thinking how LinkedIn may be the one exception. "Profiles" though only stick around because they're effectively resumes, and users hope that keeping their profile up to date improves their chances of landing a job. I'd also suspect LinkedIn has a lower percent of its traffic on mobile than many other social network sites do currently.
1) I don't think a platform can get enough critical mass like Facebook did. It's much easier to get a smallish circle of people (5-20 people) to align on one platform and use a group chat than it is to get everyone you know to align on the same platform.
2) The rise of mobile. Things like having an individual profile made more sense when sitting at a laptop/desktop PC and actively browsing someone else's content. With mobile, there's more friction to viewing profiles, so the feed model tends to win out.
3) I think many people are more apprehensive about posting content to a wide audience than they were in Facebook's prime.