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Re:'Sin free Facebook' attracts thousands by rm_-rf_slash on Monday July 06, 2015 @12:36PM (#9840291)
If it's just solitary use cases, then we are in agreement. Some social networks remove entire interactions away from typical hubs like Facebook, such as in South Korea, where couples' social networks are popular places to share the gooey romantic talk that would annoy anyone else.

But if you want to reconnect with old friends or announce that you just got a book published or something, you'll still probably post to Facebook.

Re:'Sin free Facebook' attracts thousands by humanrebar on Monday July 06, 2015 @12:53PM (#9840439)
I agree. Facebook as the new 'white pages' makes a lot of sense.

Then again, I could see facebook being disrupted by a family of special-purpose tools and sites the meet all the same needs. It happened to newspapers when classifieds, opinion pieces, sports news, and various other use cases each went to different internet sites.