So a recent studied came out that says teens are leaving Facebook (FB). One of the reason was, they are bored with it, 45% of respondents. Honestly, I’m bored with it too and I think a lot of people are as well. I think the FB numbers, much like twitter numbers, are over hyped.
I say the numbers are over hyped because I’ve been on there a long time. I was on FB when they had it opened to people from certain colleges of which I was. So I’ve seen all the changes and people complaining about the new look and how they want the old one back, people wanting me to join Farmville or some other game, the scams that go on and so on. I just role with it, it’s a website, the flavor of the time and like all flavors, it will fall out of favor when a better one comes.
But lets’ be honest, FB isn’t all that great for adults either or businesses. I have not been writing much this year, I have been writing articles online for ten years and I decided, a break is in order. So I write when I feel like it. But on FB, I like to post articles to things I find interesting, and my interests these days have some hint of politics to them, not because I like politics, but because politicians seem to like messing with the things I like. But since the majority and the administration are all from one party, my friends who like that party, tend to take it personal when I point out bad things their guys are doing. As a result, I have now have a lot of former democrat friends. This is what happens, people see something they don’t like, complain and I that’s their right but I don’t care to debate them on an article, so they rant and someone comes and rants at them or with them and well, it’s boring. Sometimes I post because it might be interesting to some, not because I actually want to get into a flame war over something. But that and seeing pics of people’s kids, is basically what FB is about for most people. As a result, I’d say about 25% of my friends are real users of it, 50% come by maybe once a month.
Basically, FB is boring. It is a great way to reconnect with people and to catch up but beyond that, no, it’s not that interesting. So I’m not surprised that kids are leaving it for other sites. I just wonder when businesses will do the same? Honestly, it is not a great platform for businesses. I know that’s a horrible thing to say right now but it is true. It’s not the most business friendly platform and especially since they can delete your account at will, that’s not fun.
In a few years, if not sooner, something better will come along that lets us bring all our friends with us from FB to join and we will find that new site the best thing since, FB. And all move on. That’s the nature of the web.
Want to read the article I reference in this post, read it here: http://www.emarketer.com/Article.aspx?R=1007808