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In reply to the discussion: facebook will soon lose 80 percent of its users study says [View all]onenote
(42,585 posts)22. I'd bet against that prediction
First, something will have to come along to replace it.
Second, unlike some earlier social media, Facebook transcended age. (How many people over the age of 40 did you know who used MySpace?) The fact that an older generation has adopted FB as a means of staying in touch with friends and family suggests to me that it isn't going to disappear all that soon. Indeed, some of the younger users abandoning it now may just return to it as they get a older.
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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