Facebook

[Schneed10]

Originally Posted by That Guy

i don't think facebook is dying because it got too popular.

it lets you share pics, micro-blog, IM/txt, and send event invites with basically zero effort, and it acts as a universal login with so many other sites and services (though i refuse to use it for that).

I post there about once a year... super active.

This is exactly why it doesn't make sense to say that the young set will set the direction for the next social media platform. My buddy SkinsGuy here seems to think that teens went from MySpace to Facebook because it was the next cool thing, allowed them to have their own network, and that they'll continue to do that. They didn't. They migrated from MySpace to Facebook because Facebook was way better. It gave more capabilities.

The difference between then and now is back then the social network space wasn't filled, now it is. It is an established market. It's not enough now to be the newest thing, you now have to be the best thing. With the resources at Facebook's disposal there's no way they won't stay on top.

This discussion reminds me of all the idiots who thought Apple was going to take down Microsoft in the personal computing business.