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18. Something like it will come along to replace it, the way it replaced MySpace.

Reply to marmar (Original post)

Tue May 15, 2012, 12:31 PM

May 2012

It fills a lot of niches. It's easy to keep in touch with people and communicate with groups all at once. Teh privacy aspect of it can be annoying, but you can always start one with a fake name. Your potential future employer will not know that you go by Cheesus Crispies on the internet.

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Poll: Half of Americans call Facebook a fad [View all] marmar May 2012 OP

I would leave Facebook in a New York minute... renate May 2012 #1

There are... several, in fact. daaron May 2012 #6

I deleted my FB account last Sunday. obxhead May 2012 #2

A lot of people probably still think FB is a place where you post pictures of your lunch and patrice May 2012 #3

Wait, it isn't? Quantess May 2012 #14

and announcements about "beer-time" - or private jokes, conversations we aren't really part of etc. patrice May 2012 #20

That's the lounge. Gidney N Cloyd May 2012 #27

Facebook has been going strong for quite a long time now to be just a fad. phleshdef May 2012 #4

What is Facebook? TheCowsCameHome May 2012 #5

How else am I gonna play Farmville??? Seeking Serenity May 2012 #7

I love Farmville! Don't play it anymore, though. & HATED Yo-ville!! patrice May 2012 #21

I don't think so. It has revolutionized the way people keep in touch Arugula Latte May 2012 #8

I started out on FB..and quit the day AsahinaKimi May 2012 #9

Most of that half are probably over 40. Odin2005 May 2012 #10

It will go the way of Myspace Woody Woodpecker May 2012 #11

And they posted just that on their Facebook timeline. MineralMan May 2012 #12

Right up there alongside 8-track tapes, Earth Shoes, and the Pet Rock... KansDem May 2012 #13

Not surprising since much of the population is boomers and parents - lynne May 2012 #15

boomers are afraid of the internet? lol. HiPointDem May 2012 #23

Yes, a surprising number of them are - lynne May 2012 #30

I'm not on FB either, but i'm not afraid of the internet. Everyone I know in my age group is on the HiPointDem May 2012 #31

it's an annoying fad Liberal_in_LA May 2012 #16

See America Online (AOL) Yavin4 May 2012 #17

And MySpace. FSogol May 2012 #19

That's a great analogy. Gidney N Cloyd May 2012 #28

Or Blockbuster Video. Tommy_Carcetti May 2012 #29

Something like it will come along to replace it, the way it replaced MySpace. Starry Messenger May 2012 #18

That's something I may do myself. obxhead May 2012 #22

Good point, thank you for adding that! Starry Messenger May 2012 #25

Well, I'm not buying its stock! Bake May 2012 #24

the other half posted it was a fad on Facebook Johonny May 2012 #26