One thing I don't see mentioned but once or twice is that one of the reasons the model fits MySpace is BECAUSE Facebook came around and offered a better model. Where is the better model that people are going to be leaving Facebook for? Google+? Maybe, but unlikely.
I don't buy that people are going to quit using social media, or that it is a fad. I am looking for that thing that will displace Facebook, or disrupt their network effect, but right now, I don't see anything that would work for the 2-5 year projection they make in the paper. Still possible for something to pop up, of course, but haven't seen the potential replacement for Facebook yet.
> One thing I don't see mentioned but once or twice is that one of the reasons the model fits MySpace is BECAUSE Facebook came around and offered a better model.
Salient point. I can't name another popular one among older-than-teens in the same vein (twitter I feel is a different sort of thing), and while I sometimes don't really understand why I continue to use facebook, I definitely continue to use it.
I don't buy that people are going to quit using social media, or that it is a fad. I am looking for that thing that will displace Facebook, or disrupt their network effect, but right now, I don't see anything that would work for the 2-5 year projection they make in the paper. Still possible for something to pop up, of course, but haven't seen the potential replacement for Facebook yet.