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(7,981 posts) Sat Dec 28, 2013, 11:39 AM Dec 2013

Facebook is 'dead and buried', replaced by simpler networks, study finds [View all]

Source: theage.com

A study of how older teenagers use social media has found Facebook is "not just on the slide, it is basically dead and buried" and is being replaced by simpler social networks such as Twitter and Snapchat, an expert has claimed.

Young people now see the site as "uncool" and keep their profiles live purely to stay in touch with older relations, among whom it remains popular.

Professor Daniel Miller of University College London, an anthropologist who worked on the European Union-funded research, wrote in an article for the academic news website The Conversation: "Mostly they feel embarrassed even to be associated with it.

"This year marked the start of what looks likely to be a sustained decline of what had been the most pervasive of all social networking sites.

Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/digital-life/digital-life-news/facebook-is-dead-and-buried-replaced-by-simpler-networks-study-finds-20131228-300f7.html

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Facebook is 'dead and buried', replaced by simpler networks, study finds [View all] SecularMotion Dec 2013 OP

These days Facebook is mostly for things like new moms posting placenta pics. Nye Bevan Dec 2013 #1

The problem with enabling sharing... Jester Messiah Dec 2013 #80

Facebook themselves have been emphasizing this message... Jesus Malverde Dec 2013 #2

Well - if FB wants to target us older people, I'm all for it. ConcernedCanuk Dec 2013 #6

A fad, basically. nt bemildred Dec 2013 #3

That was what I thought when the kids started wearing their pants around their knees. bluedigger Dec 2013 #13

Something I wish would become uncool. bitchkitty Dec 2013 #62

I guess... Sometimes though I want to look at the brighter side of things. Xyzse Dec 2013 #72

LOL n/t bitchkitty Dec 2013 #74

Yeah, just like the internet... former9thward Dec 2013 #20

The Internet is not a fad, but there are lots of fads on the internet. bemildred Dec 2013 #21

Well FB is not one of them. former9thward Dec 2013 #24

Right. nt bemildred Dec 2013 #26

I'm older and I love FB.. 4dsc Dec 2013 #4

LOL.... Plucketeer Dec 2013 #11

I love their liberal news feeds too. 4dsc Dec 2013 #5

I agree davidpdx Dec 2013 #50

Only one thing to see on facebook anymore Garion_55 Dec 2013 #7

What more do you need? Ed Suspicious Dec 2013 #9

And what may I ask is wrong with cat pictures ? dipsydoodle Dec 2013 #17

Yeah davidpdx Dec 2013 #49

I still use it to play Pot Farm Viva_La_Revolution Dec 2013 #8

Never done it, Never will. SoapBox Dec 2013 #10

What? Young people don't want to do the things their parents and grandparents are doing? progressoid Dec 2013 #12

I'm enjoying my FB experience much more than I thought I would. KG Dec 2013 #14

Snapchat Downplays Phone Number Matching Hack, Says It’s Added New Counter-Measures Lint Head Dec 2013 #15

I have no idea what the "teenagers" are doing madville Dec 2013 #16

Social networking without all those complicated words and thoughts. Codeine Dec 2013 #18

Stopped using it as soon as it became clear they had no respect for privacy of users. It's dead on point Dec 2013 #19

I notice mostly tweens, teens and older people. Older teens, young adults do not use it much uppityperson Dec 2013 #22

I know lots of young adults on Facebook daleo Dec 2013 #33

Not soon enough for me. n/t loudsue Dec 2013 #23

Facebook is anything but dead. klook Dec 2013 #25

Just because it's the only game in town doesn't mean it's a good game seabeckind Dec 2013 #27

I agree, those that say it is dead are a little quick to dismiss it davidpdx Dec 2013 #55

Maybe, if 'young people' were the be all and end all, elleng Dec 2013 #28

FB has experienced mission creep seabeckind Dec 2013 #29

Excellent! DeSwiss Dec 2013 #34

facebook is dead? madrchsod Dec 2013 #30

Facebook is well entrenched with older cohorts daleo Dec 2013 #31

If teenagers don't like it... AlbertCat Dec 2013 #32

No. It means FB doesn't meet their requirements. seabeckind Dec 2013 #38

I will really be surprised.. sendero Dec 2013 #35

If I had the mentality of a teenager, I'd think Facebook sucked too TekGryphon Dec 2013 #36

Until it doesn't. seabeckind Dec 2013 #39

Until a meteor kills us all? Then what? TekGryphon Dec 2013 #40

Slippery slope? No. Reality. seabeckind Dec 2013 #42

If you needed tech advice, all you had to do was ask. TekGryphon Dec 2013 #43

You keep propping up these strawmen seabeckind Dec 2013 #45

Ok, great. TekGryphon Dec 2013 #54

that one is a lost cause Skittles Dec 2013 #56

If you're as bad at Facebook as you are at reading comprehension, I can understand your frustration TekGryphon Dec 2013 #58

I admire people who refuse to be sucked into the facebook borg Skittles Dec 2013 #59

There's many reasons not to use Facebook. TekGryphon Dec 2013 #65

This message was self-deleted by its author Skittles Dec 2013 #68

Um, that is what LinkedIn is for LOL snooper2 Dec 2013 #76

I maintain a LinkedIn account. LinkedIn is the definition of dead. TekGryphon Dec 2013 #78

I guess none of the folks you follow have a job snooper2 Dec 2013 #79

Who said I'm looking for a job? Who said Facebook is for job searching? TekGryphon Dec 2013 #81

facebook is for people whose mask has become the face. not sharing the real you pitohui Dec 2013 #37

You should probably learn how to use Facebook TekGryphon Dec 2013 #41

actually you should, you're going to get a nasty surprise one of these days pitohui Dec 2013 #51

This "old guy" is an Information Systems Administrator w/ ... TekGryphon Dec 2013 #57

Has it occurred to you ... GeorgeGist Dec 2013 #69

Oh, yes. I don't even deny it. TekGryphon Dec 2013 #71

I never really understood why people want everyone to know their business. YOHABLO Dec 2013 #44

Hotel California seabeckind Dec 2013 #46

So funny you say that, because I posted that too a couple of years ago when a friend tried to DesertDiamond Dec 2013 #48

facebook is in the process of busting/deleting aliases pitohui Dec 2013 #52

I think you've hit the reason for its decline in the young seabeckind Dec 2013 #70

I would wager that close to half of the accounts on FB are fake names. MADem Dec 2013 #77

I feel deep gratitude for FB for reconnecting me with old friends and for the new ones I've made. DesertDiamond Dec 2013 #47

I agree! mia Dec 2013 #61

Yes! DavidDvorkin Dec 2013 #63

Good riddence NoOneMan Dec 2013 #53

Because staying in touch with older family members is such an adult thing Lifelong Dem Dec 2013 #60

Ain't nobody's business if I do use Facebook Blue Owl Dec 2013 #64

I find most social networking sites to be overrated IMO chungking34 Dec 2013 #66

You've Got Mail! DontTreadOnMe Dec 2013 #67

Corporate overseers in america use FB workinclasszero Dec 2013 #73

Jeep, guns, and motorcycle groups ileus Dec 2013 #75

Myspace is coming back!! Capt. Obvious Dec 2013 #82