Little bit of history in social media
By the way, did anyone take notice that Facebook has now been known broadly for 10 years already?
Sure it's lasted longer than Myspace, after the time of the big hype... And sure this came less expected than it turned out in the reality. As all things that get hyped for some time eventually fall to dust again and get forgotten.
After all the privacy scandals and the revelations about collecting data (never really deleting something you posted), this is quite a bit of miracle - but, maybe, the key here more lies with "there is no alternative offering to theirs". If you wanna head off somewhere else and receive about the same supply, there is none. Nobody's managed to build up something else until today with about the same reach like them who doesn't have this as his behind-the-scenes business model.
So, unless they really make some decisive mistakes in their business policy, count on it being another decade with them. But this second decade you can put under a very strong screening, as making something last for 20 years in the internet really is a feat...
Sure it's lasted longer than Myspace, after the time of the big hype... And sure this came less expected than it turned out in the reality. As all things that get hyped for some time eventually fall to dust again and get forgotten.
After all the privacy scandals and the revelations about collecting data (never really deleting something you posted), this is quite a bit of miracle - but, maybe, the key here more lies with "there is no alternative offering to theirs". If you wanna head off somewhere else and receive about the same supply, there is none. Nobody's managed to build up something else until today with about the same reach like them who doesn't have this as his behind-the-scenes business model.
So, unless they really make some decisive mistakes in their business policy, count on it being another decade with them. But this second decade you can put under a very strong screening, as making something last for 20 years in the internet really is a feat...