<p>I don’t see how Twitter, Instagram, or Snapchat can be replacements for Facebook. Twitter seems to be mostly useful for following celebrities or businesses, and with all the hashtags and @ signs, is really hard to read. Instagram and Snapchat just have pictures.</p>
<p>And in general, I’m more likely to see people’s tweets and Instagram pictures on my Facebook newsfeed than vice versa - I don’t think it’s even possible to post Facebook stuff on Twitter or Instagram. Maybe people aren’t spending all their time on Facebook, but I don’t see it getting replaced by anything yet.</p>
<p>Also people bring up MySpace as evidence that Facebook is going away a lot, but MySpace was really horrible when people made the switch (I’m not sure how it is now, but last time I checked it was still pretty bad). Facebook is not nearly as bad now as MySpace was.</p>
<p>I am not a parent, but I can see how Facebook is dying.
Less and less people are going on Facebook and turning to Twitter. I have no idea why. Twitter is fun, yes, but it does not allow the photo-sharing, and the experience sharing, and the overall inclusiveness that Facebook gives the users. Your great-grandmother is probably not going to be on Twitter. Granted that this may be the reason why so many people are turning to these other sites, it’s still convenient when you don’t see great-grandma all the time.
Either way, yes, Facebook is dying. The other day, I was in class and one of my classmates rolled her eyes as she announced that her aunt was sending her a friend request on Facebook. I asked her why she sounded so bothered by it. She was like, “Nobody goes on Facebook anymore!!!” and she said it like it was common knowledge. I kind of figured it. By the end of Junior Year in HS (I’m a Senior now) people were more concerned with their followers over their “Likes”.</p>
<p>I am totally bored with facebook. In my experience, there are a few posters who are amusing, but most seem to be on there to boast about their fabulous cruise or lunch or kid. The last straw for me was a woman I barely remember from high school who posts photos of EVERYTHING her daughter does: doctor’s appointments (pre-op, post-op), high school acceptance letters, glee club performances, etc. No sense of her daughter’s privacy at all. I decided I couldn’t go through the daily report of her daughter’s high school years, so I unfriended her. Another woman I know posted photos of her daughter’s dorm room (which the woman had decorated), student ID card (is she nuts?) etc. I am of the belief that on my facebook I post my stuff, but I avoid posting much about my kid except occasional family pictures. Actually, these days I don’t post anything. I’m sure pretty soon I’ll give up on poor ol’ facebook and go back to blissful ignorance.</p>
<p>I love Facebook because it allows me to reconnect and stay connected with a lot of family and friends who live far away. I would never have enough time in the world to “catch up” with all of them regularly by phone, letters or even email. I am tired of the memes and “chain posts” (for lack of a better word). I’ve moved the people who post just those things into a separate group so I can control what I see of theirs. It works for me. If someone annoys me, I just change the settings on them or I unfriend them. </p>
<p>My D, my S and their friends still use FB some, but use Twitter more and tumblr even more. Pinterest seems to be a fave of the over 30 female crowd.</p>
<p>I didn’t realize Twitter was so popular. I have a Twitter, but I only log on about once a month to read the last few dozen posts from the people I’m following - mainly one called “God.” Most of my friends’ accounts are pretty much dormant now.</p>
<p>I don’t understand how someone can annoy you on FB. It’s quite simple. If you don’t want to see their crap, block them in your newsfeed or defriend them.</p>
<p>My son got rid of his FB account awhile ago. He wasn’t using it anyway. I still have mine and might go on once a day, mostly for the photos, but I’ve used it to contact people for political purposes.</p>
<p>Did any of you guys pay attention to the article? The conclusion was based on a focus group of 20 people. This is something you learn in high school stats that is a big no-no.</p>
<p>I use Facebook because I have so many group that I have to keep up with for AP classes extracurricular activities, etc. I rarely, if ever, post anything though. Sometimes I look to see what other people post. I only have one because I “have” to lol.</p>
<p>I use Twitter and Instagram very often. I also like Snapchat, but I think it should be considered in a different category. Pinterest and Tumblr are cool too.</p>
<p>I’m extremely bored with FB, and I find that it annoys me more than anything else. I’d like to stay off it, but my adult friends use it to send weekend invitations and things like that, so I check in once every few days for a few minutes.</p>
<p>My 18-year-old DS has a FB account but never uses it. My daughters who are 26 and 18 post occasionally. My 14-year-old DD doesn’t even have a FB account and doesn’t want one.</p>
<p>My 18-year-old DD is very much into Tumblr and loves chatting with her followers.</p>
<p>My kids were never that into FB…but liked it when an old friend said Hi or someone posted pictures of themselves or or them, they could easily tag and keep. That said, pictures can be sent many other ways.
Tumblr caught the attention of one daughter in highschool, was pretty addicting, so she went cold turkey for a while, she was more compelled to keep checking that than she ever was with FB. Now everything seems to be on the backburner.</p>
<p>I opened an account and have a small number of people I know well, family, but don’t feel comfortable having aquaintances and “friend of friends” having access. I used to be shocked someone could have 700 “friends” with unlimited access to their postings.</p>
<p>High school kids seem to add everyone they have ever met to their friends list. When your news feed includes people you see every day, all day, as well as people you truly don’t care if you ever see again, I could imagine it is not very interesting.</p>
<p>On the other hand, my news feed keeps me connected to far-flung friends from various times and places in my life, and I find it delightful.</p>
<p>Both of my daughters use it, but primarily for the group and event organizing features. Neither one of them posts much.</p>
<p>Facebook is dead. It’s only used by older people and the degenerates (that’s weird to say, but the only people I have on my FB timeline are in their 40s and 50s or are high school drop-outs and work at Taco Bell). </p>
<p>Twitter has been the thing for awhile, but I suspect it’s losing its luster. Instagram is okay too, I’m just not that interested in pictures of people’s food. Snapchat has already come and gone in my high school; nobody really uses it anymore. Twitter will be here for the long run, and so will Instagram because they are simple and don’t try to reinvent the wheel like Facebook does every fiscal year.</p>
<p>What’s the “new, new” thing now? My high schooler seems to be welded to his phone and he’s in touch with someone or something throuhg it all of the time.</p>
<p>@efeens44: I wouldn’t say Facebook is dead; maybe it’s just dying. There aren’t any social networks aside from Twitter that come close in use nowadays.</p>
<p>@cptofthehouse: At my high school, it’s mainly Facebook, texting, and iOS messaging. No one really uses email except for school, formal communications, and setting up accounts on other websites, Twitter hasn’t really been popular for a year or so, and even Tumblr’s lost its luster.</p>