Comments on: Are the Cool Kids Leaving Facebook?

By: You can’t tell when it’ll happen – the life and death of Social Networking | Brooks Brown

Tue, 21 Jul 2009 07:45:54 +0000

[...] site begins to make the voyage to unimportance. As proof of this, I push you out towards an article asking ths same question in early 2008. The main topic is ’social network fatigue, as it is in conversations today on Twitter (which [...]

By: L Kray

L Kray — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 09:45:46 +0000

Kids are 'cool'?? Isn't that a term from the 60's?

By: Mike

Mike — Sun, 24 May 2009 01:57:51 +0000

I have just left facebook. "Social networking" is really "antisocial networking".

I can't believe the ironic name. Socialising is really about meeting up face to face… not just typing to someone who isn't really your friend.

I had about 10 times as many people on FB than I have real friends. People's definition of the word "friend" seems to differ wildly. I would say I have less than 5 friends in reality, but then my definition of "friend" is very strict and truthful. When I was younger I had about 30 "friends" but probably only had 5 real friends.

Facebook is a great example of how diluted the word friend has become.

By: Alex

Alex — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 16:44:29 +0000

I pretty much agree with everything the above poster said. Currently, Facebook is like a worldwide online phonebook with pictures, except way more intrusive.

By: BFrouFrou

BFrouFrou — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 04:21:06 +0000

Yeah, I know it will be on the decline soon. I know this B/c one of my friends who is always the last to join anything finally joined. I give it 6 more months and suddenly “privacy” will be cool again.

Seriously, I used to do the whole “Social Network” thing and even got in touch with and hung out with some old friends. I thought that once I left, I would die some horrible cyber social death and would never do anything fun again…but I didn’t! In fact, I feel happier, go out more, and have a sense of freedom that I didn’t have before.

No need to lug my camera around anymore in order to prove that I hang out with fun people and do interesting things. No need to over-analyze that random wall-post or friend request from an ex-bf! YEY!

And what is really, really neat is when I run into an aquantance on the street and I can literally ask them what is new AND mean it!

Oh and no need to update my status, or tag my friends in photos etc…

There are those who say “Facebook has privacy controls or Facebook is what you make it.” I agree to an extent. But, if you put people into the privacy catergories they will know it. I mean if they go to your page and can’t view your pics or can’t see your status updates they are going to know they have been bumped down.

Even if they don’t know YOU will know it. Then when you see them at that random BBQ that you go to every year you both can awkwardly ignore each other. NICE!

Seriously – I know fads – and this one is (thankfully) on the way out.

Currently, part of my job description includes social netowrking for our organization. BTW, the reason Facebook wants to know what your favorite (movies, music, insert meaningless crap here) is b/c they use it as marketing candy for the advertisers/apps.

In other words, if I want to place an add for chunky-monkey ice cream, Facebook has the power to locate all the open chunkyimonkey lovers and make sure that my ad magically pops up on their screen. Very cool for advertisers.

Now for those people who CLAIM that Facebook makes it easier to stay in touch.

Ahem – easy my arse – you call that easy. Setting up a profile, choosing your best pics, posting status updates, manuevering through the online ettiquite of wall-posts, friends requests, and superpokes. In reality, it is much more difficult than simply emailing all your friends at one time or texting them.

I just LOVE the people who say that their friends live all over the world and Facebook is the only way to keep in touch. What do your friends live in some unheard of land without email??

Really think about it, everyone who has a Facebook has an email and if you don’t have their email address, if they don’t give it to you or (you lost it).

Guess what, your not friends (or your inept) – get over it!

Mark my words, this IS a fad – sorry advertisers and people who lack social skills thus feel safe getting to know people on that platform. You’d better amp up your real world skills b/c this cheap ride is almost over.

So buh-bye FB – hello privacy and freedom!

By: I’m a twittering fool | AAVR Magazine

I’m a twittering fool | AAVR Magazine — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 22:36:10 +0000

[...] off) many of the social networking bandwagons. From Dave Novak’s BBS to Freindster, to Facebook, to Myspace, to Yelp, most seem necessary, then addictive, then annoying, then over.That or they [...]

By: Youth Marketing Connection » It’s Facebook’s world, we just live in it

Thu, 15 Jan 2009 15:20:24 +0000

[...] there is much hand-wringing across the blogosphere about the likely reaction from the audience we all watch so carefully — those somewhere along [...]

By: michael moore

michael moore — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 01:44:24 +0000

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By: Crowd clout du jour– did you say Facebook? « ITSinsider

Crowd clout du jour– did you say Facebook? « ITSinsider — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 16:51:51 +0000

[...] This piece also busts two myths: only kids on Facebook and Facebook is dead. [...]

By: The Cool Kid

The Cool Kid — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 06:01:39 +0000

Yes the Cool Kids are leaving and really don’t care…

Life is busy enough trying to handle everything else…

Who has time to “make friends” online…LOL!!!

People still do their thing on it, but it’s really whatever