Do you think Facebook will still be around in 5/10 years?

[DaisyChains6]

I mean it's changed alot over the last decade.

Remember when it first appeared and everyone added old school mates/friends/work colleagues? Then after a few years realised they weren't actually that interested in people they haven't seen for years and years so started cutting down their friends lists.

Then the youngsters didn't bother with it because it's something their parents use.

I came off it this year because people hardly posted on it anymore, less and less people commented so the point about it being a social platform didn't ring true anymore and it was more full of advertisements on my feed than actual people. I assumed people just used it now to be a bit nosey.

So if younger people don't use it, less and less people post or comment, it just appears to be an advertising tool for businesses.

Do you think it will fizzle out?

A lot of people my age, 40, still seem to use it,but my son who's 16 doesn't so I suspect you are right.

It definitely seems to be an older person thing now, but I use it as much as ever, just differently. I haven't cut my friends list, but most people seem to post less personal stuff than they used to. I mainly use it for special interest groups, following organisations I'm involved with and local information (lots of stuff about planning issues locally ATM for instance).

My 12 year old has shown no interest in Facebook either and hasn't asked to set an account up. It is all WhatsApp and Netflix for her and her mates at secondary school.

My teens aren't interested either, I see that some of my friends teens have accounts but suspect they are only used for occasional tagging in on family events etc.

I think the way Facebook is used is changing. Not so much a place for sharing pics and updates (Instagram/snapchat etc... are more popular for that now) - I see it used more for community groups (schools/local towns groups) for sharing whats going on. Also for it's marketplace.
So kids wouldn't be interested in it now- but may when they are older and want to join their local fbook page to find out who has not picked up dog poo/has been vandalising the play park in their area etc.

But who knows? A new app will probably be around by then!

No. Nor will the social media of the internet as we know/have known it.

For a decade people have been sold a pup, their data exploited and sold on, even the DVLA is in on the scam. I think people are growing tired of being treated as a commodity. I think "data dodging" will become the norm, where people will protect their data and not allow any trace on line. The new ICO proposal (where everyone will have to verify their identity before they can access any website) will kill the internet anyway, Mumsnet, and all forum based sites will be taken down, the Internet will revert to being a giant encyclopedia, nothing more.

Yes my sons aren't interested either. They only use Instagram and WhatsApp. They tell me FB is for old people.

My 13 isn’t interested in FB either.

I would happily never use it but all my business comes through FB so I need to keep it for that.

All young people that I know haven't used Facebook for a long time now, they use other SM.
I knew the minute my mil was on it, it was time to go, sharing a load of twaddle and wishing people happy birthday as a status update instead of writing on their wall.
The privacy issue is a great concern too.
I think as users become more aware it will tail off apart from the hardened updaters.

Ah yes the who's got a bonfire going/fireworks and dog poo posts on local group pages....

No I don’t think it will be. I’ve deleted my profile and so have quite a few people I know. Reasons for leaving include frustration with the algorithms only showing advert type posts rather than actual news from friends and the whole Cambridge Analytica scandal and the complete unwillingness of Facebook to adequately deal with the issues on the site.