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Showing Original Post only (View all)facebook will soon lose 80 percent of its users study says [View all]
http://business.time.com/2014/01/21/facebook-is-about-to-lose-80-of-its-users-study-says/Social media like a disease that spreads wuickly then dies.
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Well one first has to accept the premise that social media follows a disease model.....
yellowcanine
Jan 2014
#1
Bingo. It's like saying cars on the road, or TVs in our house will suddenly plummet 80%
MattBaggins
Jan 2014
#15
Do you use an automatic sorting mechanism on incoming email ... All of my incoming
RKP5637
Jan 2014
#32
There might be something to this - my daughter and her friends have quit Facebook
groundloop
Jan 2014
#13
Facebook seems to be the social media outlet of choice for the over-35 crowd.
Arugula Latte
Jan 2014
#40
Yes. It is not "cool" anymore. I noticed that younger users (20s and teens) were starting
anneboleyn
Jan 2014
#54
Yep, that's what I do and IMO email works extremely well for that. Also, I'm not
RKP5637
Jan 2014
#35
It is obviously already happening. We Facebook users are seeing the impact already.
Coyotl
Jan 2014
#27
That's what we noticed -- "kids" in their twenties and so on leaving in huge numbers.
anneboleyn
Jan 2014
#57
the crux of the problem is that it must be something that brings me joy...
magical thyme
Jan 2014
#52