Uh Oh, Facebook Is Losing Its Popularity - Technology - Rebecca Greenfield via The Atlantic Wire ⇢

This is inevitable, because Facebook is the new AOL:

Rebecca Greenfield via The Atlantic Wire

Over the last month, Facebook has not only seen a 1.1 percent drop in U.S. users, but a decline in 14 of the 23 countries where it has 50 percent penetration, found an analyst using tracking software. Beyond numbers though, another metric, the American Consumer Satisfaction Index, found over the last year the users that have stayed are less satisfied. Facebook scored a 61, which not only represents over a 7 percent decrease from one year ago, but puts it well below Google+.

The end will be sooner that most imagine: in three years, Facebook will be a has been.

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  1. aguantame reblogged this from stoweboyd
  2. nickmirchuk reblogged this from stoweboyd and added:
    So true. I hardly use mine
  3. sallysspecialservices reblogged this from stoweboyd
  4. bebymethen reblogged this from stoweboyd and added:
    Alghirab, you shouldn’t have to put up with fb much longer :p
  5. bricin reblogged this from emergentfutures and added:
    Definitely need more data before assuming Facebook is on the wane. And this ignores the real impact and goal for...
  6. phalox reblogged this from emergentfutures and added:
    Facebook has been defeated by google+
  7. janeberlinblog reblogged this from emergentfutures and added:
    Finally!!
  8. bearfarming reblogged this from emergentfutures
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  10. ghosttrees reblogged this from emergentfutures and added:
    I’m part of that 1.1 percent.
  11. itsdansheehan reblogged this from emergentfutures
  12. buutsu reblogged this from emergentfutures and added:
    i always liked myspace better anyway.
  13. gloriousmemories reblogged this from emergentfutures
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  17. keepcalmanddazzleon reblogged this from stoweboyd and added:
    3 years?! Well, I am deactivated at...moment… stoweboyd:
  18. ipadenclosures reblogged this from stoweboyd
  19. This was featured in #Tech
  20. futuristlab said: Agreed. A lot of it is because it has the worst mobile experience of any communication tool imaginable. Plus we’re moving more toward a world of interest graph than social graph. We learn from those who hold similar interest.
  21. mybrothersamwasdead reblogged this from stoweboyd
  22. thepete reblogged this from stoweboyd and added:
    Can’t happen soon enough. I’m sort of thinking a sea change is in order for the whole of the social media landscape. All...
  23. bbbrad reblogged this from stoweboyd and added:
    Ditto.
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  25. stackfm reblogged this from stoweboyd and added:
    This is inevitable, because Facebook is the new AOL: Rebecca Greenfield via The Atlantic Wire: Over the last month,...
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