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Re:Half of Americans think Facebook is a fad by moocow01 on Tuesday May 15, 2012 @08:54PM (#3979792)
Or otherwise said - Half of Americans make predictions based upon pattern matching.

Based upon the history of the internet industry and especially social networks its a lot riskier to say something will be relevant in 5-10 years than not

Re:Half of Americans think Facebook is a fad by ahquresh on Tuesday May 15, 2012 @10:15PM (#3980052)
You are right, not many would be willing to bet that Facebook will be as relevant in 10 years as it is now but I believe this thought is just part of human nature. We are always anticipating change, something better than what we have now. Nobody is wrong to think that,not that I am saying that is what you were implying with your statement. Along with pattern matching, I think it also has alot to do with what others think. It surprises me on a day to day basis how many people base their opinions of such things on the opinions of others.