That’s what my 15 year old brother told me earlier today, in response to the question, “Do like Facebook or MySpace better?”
I am not surprised by his answer. It is widely known that there is a big difference in the types of users of each social network. To a 15 year old (and many others) MySpace is undoubtedly more fun than Facebook. The ability to customize your profile page (a form of self expression) on MySpace is just one example of why many perceive MySpace to be more “fun” (or less professional depending on your point of view) than Facebook.
If Facebook is not the ideal tool for business professionals, and younger generations find MySpace to me more fun, what does the future hold for Facebook? I do not think there will ever be an all-in-one social network, so Facebook is not going anywhere; even Rupert agrees. The real question that still remains to be answered is are all of the things that Facebook is doing to become the social network, going to lead to them losing what the site was originally all about - college kids?.
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“The real question that still remains to be answered is are all of the things that Facebook is doing to become the social network, going to lead to them losing what the site was originally all about - college kids?”
I know a lot of college students who are pretty fed up with all the oldsters on Facebook. Now that it’s a tool for professionals to network, they’re more worried than ever about sharing those photos from a night of undergraduate debauchery.
Granular privacy settings to keep out the oldsters don’t matter to these guys. They want a place that’s all their own and a code to speak in that the grown ups don’t understand.
@ Teresa - I do as well.
Many have told me (including my college aged brother) that seeing older folks on Facebook is sort of like seeing a 40 year old in Hollister or Abercrombie - it just does not fit.
I believe we will see another social network that will pop-up for the “tweeners” - those to old to stick around MySpace, but not old enough to care about business.
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