How will Facebook die? - RIP G+, Orkut memories

Facebook has a strong base of total normies who only use the site to post about the most mundane shit imaginable. They dont know, and will likely never learn, about what FB is doing with their collected info behind the scenes.

The news feed censoring doesnt even come into it, the kind of person im talking about isnt on Facebook for news.
 
Facebook has a strong base of total normies who only use the site to post about the most mundane shit imaginable. They dont know, and will likely never learn, about what FB is doing with their collected info behind the scenes.

The news feed censoring doesnt even come into it, the kind of person im talking about isnt on Facebook for news.
They've firmly established themselves as the premier way to stay in contact with colleagues, friends and relatives, as evidenced by their advertising pre-cambridge scandal. They'll keep going strong regardless of what happens.
 
Facebook the service might die if Zucc fucks up the feeds to optimize ad revenue, so people stop browsing it to kill time and therefore become less inclined to post anything, causing a death spiral.
Facebook the company will live for longer, as they diversified with Whatsapp, Instagram and other stuff.
In fact, if people move away from Facebook, it would be mostly to other Facebook-owner services.
 
Other sites like Myspace also had a big presence, but Myspace wasn't used by your mom (unless she was some youngish white trash mom) The difference with Facebook is that it's used by "everyone"
 
Soon as something better comes along.

MySpace used to be the platform everyone round here used to use (I remember a time only foreigners and that annoying freind who travels a lot had Facebooks), soon as someone comes up with something better; that or there's a scandal involving #MeToo or pedophilla.
 
Seriously, I don't think it'd die unless somehow a better replacement arrives where everyone will flock to. It's what you call a "natural monopoly" - serves a certain purpose and people use it simply because everyone else uses it. G+ died specifically because people don't need it for that reason.
I know plenty of people who don't even post any shit on it and only use it to talk to other people, like myself.
 
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soon as someone comes up with something better; that or there's a scandal involving #MeToo or pedophilla.

Facebook is, or at least was, a popular way for pedophiles to post pictures.

I was sent a link to a page by someone who asked me to report it. I'm not one to report stuff, but I did this time because the photos were of a kid naked on a hotel bed. I didn't continue clicking to see if the photos got more graphic, but it was clear these weren't like the bubblebathtub pictures grandma takes, and these pictures were up on the internet for anyone to see.
 
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