Re:Facebook may lose 80% of users by 2017, say Princeton res...
by ChuckMcM on Wednesday January 22, 2014 @04:19PM
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For me, its a scale thing. The 800M users is 80% of Facebook's user base give or take. Seems like more than a fad, definitely an itch was being scratched. For example the migration from MySpace to Facebook was pretty clear, but I don't see the bulk of Facebook's audience heading to some other service.
That said, its entirely possible that "social" is a fad, and certainly that internet social is way to wide a network than old fashion neighborhood social (invest in NextDoor I guess :-) but I'm still convinced that the value proposition of amplifying your ability to maintain a larger web of relationships is still a thing. Not many people are natural super connectors and Facebook takes more ordinary people a lot closer to that.
That said, its entirely possible that "social" is a fad, and certainly that internet social is way to wide a network than old fashion neighborhood social (invest in NextDoor I guess :-) but I'm still convinced that the value proposition of amplifying your ability to maintain a larger web of relationships is still a thing. Not many people are natural super connectors and Facebook takes more ordinary people a lot closer to that.