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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
They make a bold prediction, which will be tested by the end of this year. joshcryer Jan 2014 #23
Agreed. The "death of Facebook" will be a more popular alternative. Lizzie Poppet Jan 2014 #39
Now if only they could come up with a vaccination.......... azurnoir Jan 2014 #2
Ad block greymattermom Jan 2014 #3
What is the easiest way to block avebury Jan 2014 #10
I don't Facebook but ADBlock is an addon for TexasProgresive Jan 2014 #12
As a Chrome user... bobclark86 Jan 2014 #47
I think the article is a stretch at best.. sendero Jan 2014 #4
It loaded to slowly and wasn't quick enough to link conversations. glowing Jan 2014 #5
checking e-mail has indeed become a great chore arely staircase Jan 2014 #8
No kidding, 1 day equals at least 50-100 emails. glowing Jan 2014 #11
Do you use an automatic sorting mechanism on incoming email ... All of my incoming RKP5637 Jan 2014 #32
I like Facebook for talking to friends all over the world newfie11 Jan 2014 #6
They've predicted its death many times before shenmue Jan 2014 #7
It does enough things to sabatoge itself customerserviceguy Jan 2014 #21
Yep, I've always thought of Facebook as one giant spyware app. n/t RKP5637 Jan 2014 #34
EXACTLY. nt Lex Jan 2014 #42
"The study, which has not been peer-reviewed"... riqster Jan 2014 #9
I agree davidpdx Jan 2014 #14
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
That's a plus in my book. Codeine Jan 2014 #58
Yes. It is not "cool" anymore. I noticed that younger users (20s and teens) were starting anneboleyn Jan 2014 #54
Predicted to happen between 2015 and 2017 Quantess Jan 2014 #16
I don't even access mine anymore. CFLDem Jan 2014 #17
Exactly. We stopped using ours for similar reasons. anneboleyn Jan 2014 #55
Oddly, I cheer for Facebook going the way of the dinosaurs... Blanks Jan 2014 #18
No one could have foreseen this. Heywood J Jan 2014 #19
I actually found out about on facebook arely staircase Jan 2014 #20
LOL forgot about ICQ laundry_queen Jan 2014 #24
Lol I met my husband on ICQ marlakay Jan 2014 #48
I'd bet against that prediction onenote Jan 2014 #22
I did! PasadenaTrudy Jan 2014 #25
nothing needs to replace it hfojvt Jan 2014 #28
Yep, that's what I do and IMO email works extremely well for that. Also, I'm not RKP5637 Jan 2014 #35
I agree SteveG Jan 2014 #50
I can see that happening. NightWatcher Jan 2014 #26
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
I love Facebook! frogmarch Jan 2014 #29
that's been fun for me. finding old loves. babydollhead Jan 2014 #45
I love it too, frogmarch. I'm a relatively recent Cha Jan 2014 #62
Mostly just teenagers leaving Brainstormy Jan 2014 #30
I'd rather Twitter die first. Tommy_Carcetti Jan 2014 #31
Ya, it's a sewer pipe of obnoxiousness. (nt) Inkfreak Jan 2014 #36
If I could coat pipi_k Jan 2014 #38
Nobody eats there anymore, it's too crowded. nt geek tragedy Jan 2014 #33
Lets not forget, Facebook is getting sued wercal Jan 2014 #37
Any large business is always being sued for something jberryhill Jan 2014 #43
I don't think this is a 'run of the mill' lawsuit wercal Jan 2014 #46
It's a mundane derivative suit jberryhill Jan 2014 #63
You say it isn't insider trading... wercal Jan 2014 #64
If it brings down Facebook, I'll buy you a beer jberryhill Jan 2014 #65
Posting about the death of social media and a social media board seems ironic. Johonny Jan 2014 #41
52 week 22.67 - 59.31 - time to sell? Sunlei Jan 2014 #44
well, I may do my part toward killing it off in a hurry... magical thyme Jan 2014 #49
Have you thought about becoming a Republican? I mean, if jtuck004 Jan 2014 #51
the crux of the problem is that it must be something that brings me joy... magical thyme Jan 2014 #52
lol. n/t jtuck004 Jan 2014 #53
good riddence we can do it Jan 2014 #56
So? AngryAmish Jan 2014 #59
+1 nt nyquil_man Jan 2014 #60
My MySpace page is waiting for everyone to return. nt TeamPooka Jan 2014 #61
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