Comments on: Facebook: The Beginning of the End http://www.kimwerker.com/2009/02/18/facebook-the-beginning-of-the-end/ Think. Create. Write. Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:36:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: anonmarch09 http://www.kimwerker.com/2009/02/18/facebook-the-beginning-of-the-end/comment-page-1/#comment-5751 anonmarch09 Wed, 11 Mar 2009 23:31:51 +0000 http://www.kimwerker.com/?p=634#comment-5751 try the 2 week test :) try the 2 week test :)

]]> By: anonmarch09 http://www.kimwerker.com/2009/02/18/facebook-the-beginning-of-the-end/comment-page-1/#comment-5752 anonmarch09 Wed, 11 Mar 2009 23:30:26 +0000 http://www.kimwerker.com/?p=634#comment-5752 I am beginning to hate facebook. I decided to do the new thing of staying off it for 2 weeks except for 30 mins 1x/week and that's it. <br><br>Wow....it WAS the eye-opener everyone says it is if you want to get off the facebook thing. <br><br>EVERYONE looked ridiculous...who the hell posts what they are 'doing' on the internet every day? Who cares? Why don't you call your friends and tell them what you are doing??? wtf??? I realized that posting 'status' messages is insane! I put one last one and this proves it '..is increasingly wary of the big-brother-ness of facebook'. Within 5 SECONDS someone commented on it - 'yes we are watching you'. It was written in jest yes but 5 SECONDS!! what the hell. <br><br>I deleted SO much stuff. I deleted so-called 'friends' who I actually don't even LIKE! and I don't even talk to, even on facebook, and who I wouldn't want to run into anyway in person. <br><br>I deleted my 'notes'. I actually wrote a notes about myself - to give more information to facebook? Who cares after it's been read anyway - do I really want all those people (the majority who I DON'T like) to read that??? <br><br>I deleted my info - religion. Who the hell needs to know that? Do they really care?? I deleted my political stance - does anyone really care whether you are republican, conservative, liberal or democrat??? Or is it for information. I deleted my school - if you are REALLY my friend you would know what fucking school I go to. <br><br>Seriously, anyone who wants to see if they really 'need' facebook in their lives - try the 2 week test - you'll see what I saw....<br><br>I hate facebook. I'm deleting my account - very soon - you are SO RIGHT!!! Facebook is coming to an end - I'm apparantly not the only one thinking so. People who are on facebook 24/7 are now being the butt of jokes - they don't have 'amazing lives' - they can't, they're on facebook all the time!!!!!<br><br>No more facebook!!!!! I am beginning to hate facebook. I decided to do the new thing of staying off it for 2 weeks except for 30 mins 1x/week and that's it.

Wow….it WAS the eye-opener everyone says it is if you want to get off the facebook thing.

EVERYONE looked ridiculous…who the hell posts what they are 'doing' on the internet every day? Who cares? Why don't you call your friends and tell them what you are doing??? wtf??? I realized that posting 'status' messages is insane! I put one last one and this proves it '..is increasingly wary of the big-brother-ness of facebook'. Within 5 SECONDS someone commented on it – 'yes we are watching you'. It was written in jest yes but 5 SECONDS!! what the hell.

I deleted SO much stuff. I deleted so-called 'friends' who I actually don't even LIKE! and I don't even talk to, even on facebook, and who I wouldn't want to run into anyway in person.

I deleted my 'notes'. I actually wrote a notes about myself – to give more information to facebook? Who cares after it's been read anyway – do I really want all those people (the majority who I DON'T like) to read that???

I deleted my info – religion. Who the hell needs to know that? Do they really care?? I deleted my political stance – does anyone really care whether you are republican, conservative, liberal or democrat??? Or is it for information. I deleted my school – if you are REALLY my friend you would know what fucking school I go to.

Seriously, anyone who wants to see if they really 'need' facebook in their lives – try the 2 week test – you'll see what I saw….

I hate facebook. I'm deleting my account – very soon – you are SO RIGHT!!! Facebook is coming to an end – I'm apparantly not the only one thinking so. People who are on facebook 24/7 are now being the butt of jokes – they don't have 'amazing lives' – they can't, they're on facebook all the time!!!!!

No more facebook!!!!!

]]> By: anonmarch09 http://www.kimwerker.com/2009/02/18/facebook-the-beginning-of-the-end/comment-page-1/#comment-4785 anonmarch09 Wed, 11 Mar 2009 16:31:51 +0000 http://www.kimwerker.com/?p=634#comment-4785 try the 2 week test :) try the 2 week test :)

]]> By: anonmarch09 http://www.kimwerker.com/2009/02/18/facebook-the-beginning-of-the-end/comment-page-1/#comment-4784 anonmarch09 Wed, 11 Mar 2009 16:30:26 +0000 http://www.kimwerker.com/?p=634#comment-4784 I am beginning to hate facebook. I decided to do the new thing of staying off it for 2 weeks except for 30 mins 1x/week and that's it. <br><br>Wow....it WAS the eye-opener everyone says it is if you want to get off the facebook thing. <br><br>EVERYONE looked ridiculous...who the hell posts what they are 'doing' on the internet every day? Who cares? Why don't you call your friends and tell them what you are doing??? wtf??? I realized that posting 'status' messages is insane! I put one last one and this proves it '..is increasingly wary of the big-brother-ness of facebook'. Within 5 SECONDS someone commented on it - 'yes we are watching you'. It was written in jest yes but 5 SECONDS!! what the hell. <br><br>I deleted SO much stuff. I deleted so-called 'friends' who I actually don't even LIKE! and I don't even talk to, even on facebook, and who I wouldn't want to run into anyway in person. <br><br>I deleted my 'notes'. I actually wrote a notes about myself - to give more information to facebook? Who cares after it's been read anyway - do I really want all those people (the majority who I DON'T like) to read that??? <br><br>I deleted my info - religion. Who the hell needs to know that? Do they really care?? I deleted my political stance - does anyone really care whether you are republican, conservative, liberal or democrat??? Or is it for information. I deleted my school - if you are REALLY my friend you would know what fucking school I go to. <br><br>Seriously, anyone who wants to see if they really 'need' facebook in their lives - try the 2 week test - you'll see what I saw....<br><br>I hate facebook. I'm deleting my account - very soon - you are SO RIGHT!!! Facebook is coming to an end - I'm apparantly not the only one thinking so. People who are on facebook 24/7 are now being the butt of jokes - they don't have 'amazing lives' - they can't, they're on facebook all the time!!!!!<br><br>No more facebook!!!!! I am beginning to hate facebook. I decided to do the new thing of staying off it for 2 weeks except for 30 mins 1x/week and that's it.

Wow….it WAS the eye-opener everyone says it is if you want to get off the facebook thing.

EVERYONE looked ridiculous…who the hell posts what they are 'doing' on the internet every day? Who cares? Why don't you call your friends and tell them what you are doing??? wtf??? I realized that posting 'status' messages is insane! I put one last one and this proves it '..is increasingly wary of the big-brother-ness of facebook'. Within 5 SECONDS someone commented on it – 'yes we are watching you'. It was written in jest yes but 5 SECONDS!! what the hell.

I deleted SO much stuff. I deleted so-called 'friends' who I actually don't even LIKE! and I don't even talk to, even on facebook, and who I wouldn't want to run into anyway in person.

I deleted my 'notes'. I actually wrote a notes about myself – to give more information to facebook? Who cares after it's been read anyway – do I really want all those people (the majority who I DON'T like) to read that???

I deleted my info – religion. Who the hell needs to know that? Do they really care?? I deleted my political stance – does anyone really care whether you are republican, conservative, liberal or democrat??? Or is it for information. I deleted my school – if you are REALLY my friend you would know what fucking school I go to.

Seriously, anyone who wants to see if they really 'need' facebook in their lives – try the 2 week test – you'll see what I saw….

I hate facebook. I'm deleting my account – very soon – you are SO RIGHT!!! Facebook is coming to an end – I'm apparantly not the only one thinking so. People who are on facebook 24/7 are now being the butt of jokes – they don't have 'amazing lives' – they can't, they're on facebook all the time!!!!!

No more facebook!!!!!

]]> By: Amy http://www.kimwerker.com/2009/02/18/facebook-the-beginning-of-the-end/comment-page-1/#comment-4720 Amy Thu, 19 Feb 2009 13:31:32 +0000 http://www.kimwerker.com/?p=634#comment-4720 I don't think its the beginning of the end for Facebook JUST yet. FB is just beginning to crest this wave of general public acceptance. My mom, for goodness sakes wants to join facebook (on the to-do for the weekend as I of course have to set it up for her). FB gets a daily mention on the Today show with Kathy Lee and Hoda, which means that FB finally has great traction in that middle America demographic. Grannies and boomers will start flocking there. Younger generation have spent oodles of time building up their connection and will not just abandon it. <br><br>Essentially FB created a great edgy product that then went mainstream. As we all know, when something goes main stream its no longer where the cool kids hang out. <br><br>So you are correct in that it is the beginning of the end for innovation on FB. The thought-leaders and the "cool kids" will start hanging out elsewhere. I don't think its the beginning of the end for Facebook JUST yet. FB is just beginning to crest this wave of general public acceptance. My mom, for goodness sakes wants to join facebook (on the to-do for the weekend as I of course have to set it up for her). FB gets a daily mention on the Today show with Kathy Lee and Hoda, which means that FB finally has great traction in that middle America demographic. Grannies and boomers will start flocking there. Younger generation have spent oodles of time building up their connection and will not just abandon it.

Essentially FB created a great edgy product that then went mainstream. As we all know, when something goes main stream its no longer where the cool kids hang out.

So you are correct in that it is the beginning of the end for innovation on FB. The thought-leaders and the “cool kids” will start hanging out elsewhere.

]]> By: Kim Werker http://www.kimwerker.com/2009/02/18/facebook-the-beginning-of-the-end/comment-page-1/#comment-4719 Kim Werker Thu, 19 Feb 2009 13:30:23 +0000 http://www.kimwerker.com/?p=634#comment-4719 Yes, this makes perfect sense. It's why I don't think it'll tumble overnight. Yes, this makes perfect sense. It's why I don't think it'll tumble overnight.

]]> By: Kim Werker http://www.kimwerker.com/2009/02/18/facebook-the-beginning-of-the-end/comment-page-1/#comment-4718 Kim Werker Thu, 19 Feb 2009 13:28:29 +0000 http://www.kimwerker.com/?p=634#comment-4718 Um, yes. Exactly. Niche communities tend to do this very, very well. (And I think Jess and Casey have done it better than any others I've experienced.) Of course, by their nature niche sites don't attain widespread mainstream adoption, so the two kinds of sites can't be compared fully. A mainstream site like Facebook really must be everything to everyone. Still, the basic principles should be the same. Um, yes. Exactly. Niche communities tend to do this very, very well. (And I think Jess and Casey have done it better than any others I've experienced.) Of course, by their nature niche sites don't attain widespread mainstream adoption, so the two kinds of sites can't be compared fully. A mainstream site like Facebook really must be everything to everyone. Still, the basic principles should be the same.

]]> By: Kim Werker http://www.kimwerker.com/2009/02/18/facebook-the-beginning-of-the-end/comment-page-1/#comment-4717 Kim Werker Thu, 19 Feb 2009 13:24:43 +0000 http://www.kimwerker.com/?p=634#comment-4717 Ha! Texting is pretty great. It's why I specified "long-form" staying in touch. I mean, really, teens and college students don't have old, old friends to write long letters to (which isn't to say some might not enjoy writing long letters to their not-so-old-old friends). I, of course, have succumbed to the bias of thinking about things from my own perspective. I, as a 32-year-old, think it's silly to swap long private notes on Facebook when I can use email (Gmail, of course). Email is something I use anyway, and I save and file things there. I only know when someone sends me Facebook mail because I get an email notification. I'd much prefer to just reply via email. Saves a step. And keeps the conversation in the place where I'd prefer to save it (and then it's searchable, and therefore findable, too). Ha! Texting is pretty great. It's why I specified “long-form” staying in touch. I mean, really, teens and college students don't have old, old friends to write long letters to (which isn't to say some might not enjoy writing long letters to their not-so-old-old friends). I, of course, have succumbed to the bias of thinking about things from my own perspective. I, as a 32-year-old, think it's silly to swap long private notes on Facebook when I can use email (Gmail, of course). Email is something I use anyway, and I save and file things there. I only know when someone sends me Facebook mail because I get an email notification. I'd much prefer to just reply via email. Saves a step. And keeps the conversation in the place where I'd prefer to save it (and then it's searchable, and therefore findable, too).

]]> By: Vashtirama http://www.kimwerker.com/2009/02/18/facebook-the-beginning-of-the-end/comment-page-1/#comment-4716 Vashtirama Thu, 19 Feb 2009 06:21:11 +0000 http://www.kimwerker.com/?p=634#comment-4716 Just saw a newsclip saying that actually it's the younger ppl who have always been and remain the most loyal to FB. In polls, their faith is unshaken by the TOS debacle. OOH the older demographic is newer territory for FB to conquer--the source of their greatest growth potential. FB was in ascendancy because of the older folks, but their faith is deeply shaken according to polls. <br>So I agree that this is the start of FB's decline but I expect it to be slow. It will plateau, and this will give someone else a chance to create a better substitute for FB. For me a spell was broken. I don't like the original TOS either and won't overlook it anymore. I'm exploring other places to play.<br>This is a terrible time for a CEO to be perceived to be a jerk! Or a shark. A CEO who doesn't know that must be blinded by greed. I wonder what kind of offer he got/was preparing to get! Just saw a newsclip saying that actually it's the younger ppl who have always been and remain the most loyal to FB. In polls, their faith is unshaken by the TOS debacle. OOH the older demographic is newer territory for FB to conquer–the source of their greatest growth potential. FB was in ascendancy because of the older folks, but their faith is deeply shaken according to polls.
So I agree that this is the start of FB's decline but I expect it to be slow. It will plateau, and this will give someone else a chance to create a better substitute for FB. For me a spell was broken. I don't like the original TOS either and won't overlook it anymore. I'm exploring other places to play.
This is a terrible time for a CEO to be perceived to be a jerk! Or a shark. A CEO who doesn't know that must be blinded by greed. I wonder what kind of offer he got/was preparing to get!

]]> By: GinkgoKnits http://www.kimwerker.com/2009/02/18/facebook-the-beginning-of-the-end/comment-page-1/#comment-4715 GinkgoKnits Thu, 19 Feb 2009 06:07:09 +0000 http://www.kimwerker.com/?p=634#comment-4715 I think that Twitter and plain old text messaging will be a gap filler for a while. Whatever comes next needs to keep it simple -- the addition of apps was not a plus for facebook in the view of many I know.<br><br>I joined facebook in nearly four years ago now. That was when it was still adding colleges one by one. The instant it opened up to high school students I was less interested, and when it then became available to everyone, I totally lost interest. I look in at the site maybe once a month but I certainly don't spend the hours I did when I first got on it to see what people at my college were up to (the fact I'm no longer in college and therefore no longer have a fixed community also makes it less interesting to me). I think that Twitter and plain old text messaging will be a gap filler for a while. Whatever comes next needs to keep it simple — the addition of apps was not a plus for facebook in the view of many I know.

I joined facebook in nearly four years ago now. That was when it was still adding colleges one by one. The instant it opened up to high school students I was less interested, and when it then became available to everyone, I totally lost interest. I look in at the site maybe once a month but I certainly don't spend the hours I did when I first got on it to see what people at my college were up to (the fact I'm no longer in college and therefore no longer have a fixed community also makes it less interesting to me).

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