Will Facebook eventually die the way Myspace did? (1 Viewer)

[Buckfast 1]

The main thing ruining Facebook is you old ####s signing up to keep up with your kids. I miss the days when you needed a college email address to register.

Also, the unbelievably repetitive Facebook ads.

And the fact that only your most annoying "friends" with kids post on the reg.

Okay, Facebook may be done.

 

[Lutherman2112]

Does Jitterbug have a facebook app?

 

[Mister CIA]

I'm not a marketing expert, but I think where facebook has failed massively is linking business to consumers. For example, out of curiosity I "liked" Guiness beer and Canon cameras. Not a single coupon, not a link to a local establishment, and zero in the way of interesting content. ...but if some crazy chick I have not spoken to in the past year posts a ######' Deepak Chopra quote, I get an email.

I just checked my facebook page and the first two ads I saw were for Starbucks carrot cake and a Capital One credit card. While I like carrot cake, and I do have a credit card, I'm not likely to eat carrot cake in the next three months, and I doubt I'll apply for a credit card within the next year, BUT, I could be reeled in like a fish if I got a sales pitch telling me why I have to have a wide angle lens for my camera.

 

[CurlyNight]

Not in the near future imo. I didn't see a rags to riches owner on Myspace who was in the limelight at least once a year and come out with different features to hold enough interest. It may not be as hot as it once was but it still has a ton of active users. I forgot about Myspace. I think I'll go and check out my page there, if I can remember the user name and password...

 

[Raider Nation]

I forgot about Myspace. I think I'll go and check out my page there, if I can remember the user name and password...

It's dead. I went to stalk check on some old chicks I used to know, and all their pages are gonzo.

 

[CurlyNight]

I forgot about Myspace. I think I'll go and check out my page there, if I can remember the user name and password...

It's dead. I went to stalk check on some old chicks I used to know, and all their pages are gonzo.

I remember it being too busy and didn't have an easy on the eyes layout. I never did visit it much even in it's hay day. Were you able to sign in? I just tried creating an account via email and the page just froze when I hit join.

 

[Raider Nation]

I forgot about Myspace. I think I'll go and check out my page there, if I can remember the user name and password...

It's dead. I went to stalk check on some old chicks I used to know, and all their pages are gonzo.

I remember it being too busy and didn't have an easy on the eyes layout. I never did visit it much even in it's hay day. Were you able to sign in? I just tried creating an account via email and the page just froze when I hit join.

Nope. But I last tried in... I dunno, maybe 2008. So my log-in info may be incorrect.

 

[Premier]

I don't know one person personally who is on twitter. Almost everybody I know is on FB. I can't imagine the user numbers are even in the same stratosphere.

How about now?

I haven't checked my FB page in months. Meanwhile, I need Twitter as much as I need air.

I still personally know nobody on twitter. I check it way more than Facebook, but all my family/friends stuff happens on FB

I just happen to care about sports more.

 

[Arizona Ron]

GB never getting into Facebook

 

[Homer J Simpson]

Twitter is annoying as ####.

 

[flapgreen]

I see there are a lot of senior citizens in the ffa now.

 

[McGarnicle]

GB never getting into Facebook

 

[B-Deep]

everything dies, baby that's a fact

 

[Evilgrin 72]

Twitter is People are annoying as ####.

fyp

 

[Finless]

Timberlake is "bringing Myspace back!". Facebook will live a long time...its way too engrained into society at this point. 1/3 of the civilized world uses it or some such craziness.

 

[Kal El]

I signed up back when it was thefacebook.com, and while I think it's past its prime, I'll probably still use it to keep up with friends and family. So far I've kept myself from getting a Twitter account, which is probably for the best.

 

[SaintsInDome2006]

Timberlake is "bringing Myspace back!". Facebook will live a long time...its way too engrained into society at this point. 1/3 of the civilized world uses it or some such craziness.

Until the next better product comes along with the next advance in technology.

And it will.

 

[SaintsInDome2006]

The main thing ruining Facebook is you old ####s signing up to keep up with your kids. I miss the days when you needed a college email address to register.

Also, the unbelievably repetitive Facebook ads.

And the fact that only your most annoying "friends" with kids post on the reg.

Okay, Facebook may be done.

This is a problem, FB becomes unfun, uncool, annoying. Who wants to be on it when they are forced to "chat" with people they don't want to talk to or be forced to visibly snub them? The whole thing can be a social nightmare.

 

[AcerFC]

I'm 35 years old. I had a MySpace page that I never used. I never had a Facebook page. I do have a few twitter accounts but I just can't get into that either. Even with the up to the minute info I can get, I still check twitter once every two weeks and I don't have any tweets pushed through my phone.

Like I admitted in the finless thread, I spend much more of my time here in the FFA. I get all my news here from people reposting tweets of things I care about. This place is my one stop for basically everything. I don't care what my friends and family are up to so no issues with them not being on here.

 

[Major]

GB never getting into Facebook

Maybe it's my age and being younger/not married but FB has been a chock full of wimmen for me....meet them, Major or chick adds, they start liking stuff you post, hit em up a few weeks later

 

[Raider Nation]

So far I've kept myself from getting a Twitter account, which is probably for the best.

I resisted for over a year, mainly because I wasn't sure how it worked and I was too lazy to find out.

Now I can't live without it. Instant information... interact with sportswriters, athletes, actors, etc. That would never be possible without this medium, short of mailing them a letter like people did in the 60's and 70's.

 

[TheIronSheik]

Facebook won't die anytime soon. Even if the younger generation is leaving it, the older generation has grown roots in it. I love FB. I have no reason to leave as all my friends love it too. And since we're the generation with money and good jobs, advertisers love us on Facebook.

 

[Dickies]

I forgot about Myspace. I think I'll go and check out my page there, if I can remember the user name and password...

It's dead. I went to stalk check on some old chicks I used to know, and all their pages are gonzo.

I remember it being too busy and didn't have an easy on the eyes layout. I never did visit it much even in it's hay day. Were you able to sign in? I just tried creating an account via email and the page just froze when I hit join.

Nope. But I last tried in... I dunno, maybe 2008. So my log-in info may be incorrect.

I just logged into my old Myspace account that probably hasn't been touched since 2007. I always hated Myspace because it was so cluttered and busy. It's even more chaotic now to the point where I can't even figure out what I'm supposed to do. Terrible.

 

[B-Deep]

Facebook won't die anytime soon. Even if the younger generation is leaving it, the older generation has grown roots in it. I love FB. I have no reason to leave as all my friends love it too. And since we're the generation with money and good jobs, advertisers love us on Facebook.

your twitter account is funny too!

 

[Major]

Facebook won't die anytime soon. Even if the younger generation is leaving it, the older generation has grown roots in it. I love FB. I have no reason to leave as all my friends love it too. And since we're the generation with money and good jobs, advertisers love us on Facebook.

yep, the 30+ crowd is stuck on FB...it's easy and very simple for my older family members to share photos, etc. I just wish I could make my posts private so they don't go on that stupid feed and FOF can see them.

 

[Brony]

So far I've kept myself from getting a Twitter account, which is probably for the best.

I resisted for over a year, mainly because I wasn't sure how it worked and I was too lazy to find out.

Now I can't live without it. Instant information... interact with sportswriters, athletes, actors, etc. That would never be possible without this medium, short of mailing them a letter like people did in the 60's and 70's.

Dumb question: I've been on Twitter for several months and I like it for daily comedy (I'm just reading, not typing anything), but how do you interact with writers, etc? Is it any different than just emailing them? Can you see other people's conversations with celebrities, etc? cuz I can't figure it out.

 

[belljr]

dont know anyone on twitter, most of my friends are on facebook, i am not but my wife is constantly posting pics.. i swear its almost like a contest about pictures posted

 

[Raider Nation]

So far I've kept myself from getting a Twitter account, which is probably for the best.

I resisted for over a year, mainly because I wasn't sure how it worked and I was too lazy to find out.Now I can't live without it. Instant information... interact with sportswriters, athletes, actors, etc. That would never be possible without this medium, short of mailing them a letter like people did in the 60's and 70's.

Dumb question: I've been on Twitter for several months and I like it for daily comedy (I'm just reading, not typing anything), but how do you interact with writers, etc? Is it any different than just emailing them? Can you see other people's conversations with celebrities, etc? cuz I can't figure it out.

You can email anyone - if you know their email address. If your question is thoughtful and relevant to many people, there is a good chance of getting a reply. For any one reply, you are able to view the entire conversation thread. If it's private they will direct message (DM) which the public cannot view.

 

[Major]

dont know anyone on twitter, most of my friends are on facebook, i am not but my wife is constantly posting pics.. i swear its almost like a contest about pictures posted

some women go crazy with fb pics....always checking in letting me know how wonderful i.e. miserable their lives are

 

[Brony]

So far I've kept myself from getting a Twitter account, which is probably for the best.

I resisted for over a year, mainly because I wasn't sure how it worked and I was too lazy to find out.Now I can't live without it. Instant information... interact with sportswriters, athletes, actors, etc. That would never be possible without this medium, short of mailing them a letter like people did in the 60's and 70's.

Dumb question: I've been on Twitter for several months and I like it for daily comedy (I'm just reading, not typing anything), but how do you interact with writers, etc? Is it any different than just emailing them? Can you see other people's conversations with celebrities, etc? cuz I can't figure it out.

You can email anyone - if you know their email address. If your question is thoughtful and relevant to many people, there is a good chance of getting a reply. For any one reply, you are able to view the entire conversation thread. If it's private they will direct message (DM) which the public cannot view.

If I expand any tweet, I might see 5 to 20 replies. If someone has a million followers or what not, surely there are more replies than that. Why do I see those handful of replies?Put another way, if I reply to a tweet, how many jags will see my reply?

 

[Wingnut]

Facebook won't die anytime soon. Even if the younger generation is leaving it, the older generation has grown roots in it. I love FB. I have no reason to leave as all my friends love it too. And since we're the generation with money and good jobs, advertisers love us on Facebook.

yep, the 30+ crowd is stuck on FB...it's easy and very simple for my older family members to share photos, etc. I just wish I could make my posts private so they don't go on that stupid feed and FOF can see them.

You can customize that setting so only friends see your posts.

 

[cstu]

Facebook won't die anytime soon. Even if the younger generation is leaving it, the older generation has grown roots in it. I love FB. I have no reason to leave as all my friends love it too. And since we're the generation with money and good jobs, advertisers love us on Facebook.

yep, the 30+ crowd is stuck on FB...it's easy and very simple for my older family members to share photos, etc. I just wish I could make my posts private so they don't go on that stupid feed and FOF can see them.

Someone should create a FB alternative where everything is private by default.

 

[Raider Nation]

So far I've kept myself from getting a Twitter account, which is probably for the best.

I resisted for over a year, mainly because I wasn't sure how it worked and I was too lazy to find out.Now I can't live without it. Instant information... interact with sportswriters, athletes, actors, etc. That would never be possible without this medium, short of mailing them a letter like people did in the 60's and 70's.

Dumb question: I've been on Twitter for several months and I like it for daily comedy (I'm just reading, not typing anything), but how do you interact with writers, etc? Is it any different than just emailing them? Can you see other people's conversations with celebrities, etc? cuz I can't figure it out.

You can email anyone - if you know their email address. If your question is thoughtful and relevant to many people, there is a good chance of getting a reply. For any one reply, you are able to view the entire conversation thread. If it's private they will direct message (DM) which the public cannot view.

If I expand any tweet, I might see 5 to 20 replies. If someone has a million followers or what not, surely there are more replies than that. Why do I see those handful of replies?

Are you clicking "View more in conversation" at the bottom?

Put another way, if I reply to a tweet, how many jags will see my reply?

Everyone who follows the person you replied to, if they feel like reading through all of the replies.

 

[SIDA!]

Ugh. Another one of those FFA moments where you start reading a thread and realize a full page in that it started two years ago! LOL

FWIW...my facebook usage this year is dramatically less than my usage the previous couple of years.

 

[SIDA!]

I'm 35 years old. I had a MySpace page that I never used. I never had a Facebook page. I do have a few twitter accounts but I just can't get into that either. Even with the up to the minute info I can get, I still check twitter once every two weeks and I don't have any tweets pushed through my phone.

Like I admitted in the finless thread, I spend much more of my time here in the FFA. I get all my news here from people reposting tweets of things I care about. This place is my one stop for basically everything. I don't care what my friends and family are up to so no issues with them not being on here.

We are very similar in age and I kind of think our age group is in that no-man's land purgatory area. I never got into MySpace and I do have a FB account...but my usage has dropped significantly the last year. Addiitonally, I do not have a twitter account and frankly...don't quite understand the platform/purpose of it for the average person.

 

[Sinn Fein]

Facebook won't die anytime soon. Even if the younger generation is leaving it, the older generation has grown roots in it. I love FB. I have no reason to leave as all my friends love it too. And since we're the generation with money and good jobs, advertisers love us on Facebook.

yep, the 30+ crowd is stuck on FB...it's easy and very simple for my older family members to share photos, etc. I just wish I could make my posts private so they don't go on that stupid feed and FOF can see them.

I get on Facebook a few times a year - once at my birthday to thank everyone for reminding me I am a year older, and a few other times during the year. Now, my wife uses it a lot - and I basically look at it like one big gossip place for women to hang out in.

 

[Sinn Fein]

Twitter is nothing more than a marketing platform at this point.

 

[Raider Nation]

Twitter is nothing more than a marketing platform at this point.

 

[flapgreen]

Facebook won't die anytime soon. Even if the younger generation is leaving it, the older generation has grown roots in it. I love FB. I have no reason to leave as all my friends love it too. And since we're the generation with money and good jobs, advertisers love us on Facebook.

 

[flapgreen]

Twitter is nothing more than a marketing platform at this point.

huh?

 

[Raider Nation]

Twitter is nothing more than a marketing platform at this point.

huh?

I'm thinking he misspelled "ridiculously valuable source of instant information"... It's a common mistake.

 

[Sinn Fein]

Twitter is nothing more than a marketing platform at this point.

huh?

Almost everyone I know on twitter uses it for business purposes/networking. Either B2B marketing, or B2C marketing. I don't know anyone who uses it for personal communications.

 

[Premier]

Twitter is nothing more than a marketing platform at this point.

huh?

Almost everyone I know on twitter uses it for business purposes/networking. Either B2B marketing, or B2C marketing. I don't know anyone who uses it for personal communications.

You realize you don't have to follow these people right? I haven't seen one advertisement from one person I follow in over 2 years. I would instantly delete that person.

 

[bentley]

Twitter is nothing more than a marketing platform at this point.

huh?

Almost everyone I know on twitter uses it for business purposes/networking. Either B2B marketing, or B2C marketing. I don't know anyone who uses it for personal communications.

You realize you don't have to follow these people right? I haven't seen one advertisement from one person I follow in over 2 years. I would instantly delete that person.

Exactly. I have a little community of people that are fans of the Texas Rangers that interact with throughout every Rangers game. Nobody's selling me anything.

 

[Major]

Facebook won't die anytime soon. Even if the younger generation is leaving it, the older generation has grown roots in it. I love FB. I have no reason to leave as all my friends love it too. And since we're the generation with money and good jobs, advertisers love us on Facebook.

yep, the 30+ crowd is stuck on FB...it's easy and very simple for my older family members to share photos, etc. I just wish I could make my posts private so they don't go on that stupid feed and FOF can see them.

I get on Facebook a few times a year - once at my birthday to thank everyone for reminding me I am a year older, and a few other times during the year. Now, my wife uses it a lot - and I basically look at it like one big gossip place for women to hang out in.

you must have a miserable social life

 

[Maurile Tremblay]

Twitter is nothing more than a marketing platform at this point.

huh?

Almost everyone I know on twitter uses it for business purposes/networking. Either B2B marketing, or B2C marketing.I don't know anyone who uses it for personal communications.

I don't go on Twitter much, but I've never seen anyone use it for stupid business stuff (apart from explicit business accounts, like restaurants).

A few people use Facebook for that.

Everyone uses LinkedIn for that. I don't ever go on LinkedIn EVER and don't have an account there, but I still get emails from LinkedIn telling me to sign up so that people can spam me with business/marketing/networking crap. I don't know why anyone uses LinkedIn. It really should just die.

Anyway, facebook isn't going to die. Twitter won't die either, although I have no idea why it won't. There's nothing twitter can do that facebook can't. But whatever, some people like twitter.

Meanwhile, a few people have told me that Instagram is the new facebook. I don't know what Instagram can do that facebook can't, but some people don't like facebook, so they use twitter or Instagram instead . . .

 

[Raider Nation]

There's nothing twitter can do that facebook can't. But whatever, some people like twitter.

If I follow, say, Jay Glazer for breaking NFL news (which I do), I'll see his tweets instantly as I always have Twitter open in one tab. *IF* he even posted that same information simultaneously on his Facebook page, he would have had to previously accepted you as a friend for you to see it, and you'd have to get some kind of notice that he just posted something.

Twitter is much, much more efficient for information-gathering.

 

[Tiger Fan]

FB is great for keeping up with people and what they're personally up to (and making fun of people who think they need to share everything with everyone)

Twitter is great for news, trends, seeing what's going on in the local, regional, global community, etc.

I admittedly don't use linked in, but I have an account. I find it hilarious that some guy I havent' talked to in 12 years "endorsed" me. Linked In is a perfect metaphor for everything that's wrong with the USA...personal gain w/o any regard to accountability. I'm not saying it's not beneficial to some...my wife is a recruiter, and she uses it...but more often than not, it's freaking ridiculous.

 

[Maurile Tremblay]

There's nothing twitter can do that facebook can't. But whatever, some people like twitter.

If I follow, say, Jay Glazer for breaking NFL news (which I do), I'll see his tweets instantly as I always have Twitter open in one tab. *IF* he even posted that same information simultaneously on his Facebook page, he would have had to previously accepted you as a friend for you to see it, and you'd have to get some kind of notice that he just posted something.

You can follow celebrities on Facebook without having them accept a friend request if they're set up for it. Jay Glazer, specifically, isn't. But that's on him.

 

[Tiger Fan]

There's nothing twitter can do that facebook can't. But whatever, some people like twitter.

If I follow, say, Jay Glazer for breaking NFL news (which I do), I'll see his tweets instantly as I always have Twitter open in one tab. *IF* he even posted that same information simultaneously on his Facebook page, he would have had to previously accepted you as a friend for you to see it, and you'd have to get some kind of notice that he just posted something.

Twitter is much, much more efficient for information-gathering.

I still can't figure out FB's mobile app. At least with twitter, I know that everyone I'm following...I'll see in my news feed. FB screws with their set up so much it's increadibly annoying.

It absolutely blows my mind that I can't search anyone's FB profiles (let alone my own)...How can FB be this stupid. Ex. If I remember that RN posted some new up and coming female actress awhile ago...I want to be able to find that with some search term that I remember. If he posted it on Twitter...no problem...FB...sorry