What will replace Facebook?

BPO · #1 18-08-2012, 07:32 AM

Now that the inevitable demise is so obviously beginning, what idiotic piece of teen-girly junk will become flavour-of-the month in its place?

Will it be even worse than Facebook, or is that not actually possible?

And how many lady-years will be wasted on deleting obsolete Facebook links from websites and the like?

I bet 10c that Facebook's successor will have something to do with unicorns and people who are famous for being famous, and will therefore be even bigger than Facebook ever was.

Shark Bait (Stu) · #2 18-08-2012, 07:42 AM

FacePlant ?

Deeno · #3 18-08-2012, 07:46 AM

"Transmitters and Receivers for Electric Telegraphs"

silv (Annette) · #4 18-08-2012, 07:58 AM

I don't get where your ranting is coming from

I very much enjoy the feeling of staying connected with my active FB friends without having to read or write long emails/letters. Those being exclusive while FB offers the opportunity to chat among a group of friends, in the comments to a photo or a status message. It's good fun. And it creates that "still in touch" feeling in spite of being scattered across time zones.

BPO · #5 18-08-2012, 10:50 AM

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Originally Posted by silv

I don't get where your ranting is coming from

Here's the guts of a conversation I once had...

Them: "Okay, fine. So do you believe there's such a thing as a Facebook and Twitter for straight adult males?"

Me: "Yeah mate. It's called The Pub."

I haven't heard from that person in a while.

silv (Annette) · #6 18-08-2012, 11:25 AM

straight adult males are often the ones with the wittiest, funniest contributions.
at the same time, they seem to benefit from that female socializing effect, too, and develop a group building capability they didn't dare to or didn't know to have before FB.
that's males in their 30s and 40s on my FB.
pub no longer an option and FB being a good surrogate. iLIKE.

befriend me and thou shall see.

bojan · #7 18-08-2012, 11:47 AM

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Originally Posted by silv

I don't get where your ranting is coming from

I very much enjoy the feeling of staying connected with my active FB

I think exactly this is the problem with FB - "the feeling of connection" which is totally false.
Nothing can replace physical contact.. even forum is way better than FB. The confidence in "contacts" expressed on FB does not relate to reality at all.

There is also an issue of intentions behind FB - it actually data-collection and advertising tool for who knows who..

I do have an account, but I am not using it for years, I stopped mainly because of above reasons, especially the first one (so, according to another thread on this forum, I have some socio-pathological tendencies..).
However.. De gustibus non est disputandum

silv (Annette) · #8 18-08-2012, 11:56 AM

the new stuff surely will have new effects on people. agreed.
only from our perspective, right now, can we assume negative effects.
I could list a few positive assumptions, too. time will tell.
it'll stay with us and the younger generations. that's for sure.

for privacy reasons, I don't have a fly-buy card.
but I use Google as my search engine and, obviously, FB...

also something that will stay with us: the "glass person" where nothing is private, anymore. takes getting used to or growing up with, I reckon.

we will both see where it will take us.

bojan · #9 18-08-2012, 12:31 PM

Yes, we shall see.. (or not). And, yes, it is here and it will stay with us (or them new generations)...

Octane (Humayun) · #10 18-08-2012, 01:20 PM

I did the unthinkable and upgraded to/opened a Google+ account earlier this week.

As Chris wrote on my first post on there, "The sky must be falling."

The gallery feature on Google+, and the way it lays your images out, is beautiful.

H

AndrewJ · #11 18-08-2012, 01:53 PM

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also something that will stay with us: the "glass person" where nothing is private, anymore. takes getting used to or growing up with, I reckon.

That depends on who owns the information.
You try and get any information about the "collectors" and you will see how much privacy is the prerogative of those who hold the data or power.
Also try and get any wrong data fixed.
Methinks its going to be a nightmare for many people in a few years.
However, time will tell.

Andrew

Rob_K · #12 19-08-2012, 10:55 AM

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Originally Posted by bojan

Yes, we shall see.. (or not). And, yes, it is here and it will stay with us (or them new generations)...

Yep, like it or not it's here. I'm an FB (& Twitface) member but don't engage and have no 'friends' (!!). But I live in a bushfire-prone area and with the last fires the emergency services were posting breaking news to FB and Twitter. If you wanted news other than bulletins from ABC Regional Radio or updates on the CFA website you had no option but to create accounts. It's the way the world communicates now. It's up to you whether you engage in the social side of social media. To me they're just another information source (rarely used).

Cheers -

asimov (John) · #13 19-08-2012, 11:17 AM

Exactly right Rob_K - During the QLD floods & a lot were cutoff (including us) you'd get an update quicker via Facebook than any news or radio broadcast.

Trixie (Carey) · #14 19-08-2012, 11:45 AM

There are some good things about facebook and twitter. I am loving the mars rover posts, earth science picture of the day, Peter Jacksons updates on the Hobbit filming. One of my favourite authors often posts updates and other things of interest on her page.

Sure there is a lot of rubbish on it but there is a lot of interesting stuff as well and it doesn't have to be all about reading boring status updates from people you don't like enough to see in real life.

Jen · #15 19-08-2012, 12:00 PM

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Originally Posted by BPO

Now that the inevitable demise is so obviously beginning, what idiotic piece of teen-girly junk will become flavour-of-the month in its place?

Will it be even worse than Facebook, or is that not actually possible?

And how many lady-years will be wasted on deleting obsolete Facebook links from websites and the like?

I bet 10c that Facebook's successor will have something to do with unicorns and people who are famous for being famous, and will therefore be even bigger than Facebook ever was.

And your point is If you think females are the majority of facebook users mmmm well i have more male friends on FB than i do females

It does have its pros and cons but thats the way of the future/technology and i love being able to keep in touch with my family/mates that i cant catch up with at the pub on the other side of the world

stephenb (Stephen) · #16 19-08-2012, 09:51 PM

Another FB rant thread. Was there any point to this pointless thread being started?. Ok, I'll bite..

There are definitely two schools of thought towards Facebook: those who use it, have a bit of fun with it, keep in contact with friend, family etc.,

The other type is one who looks down on people who use FB in an underhanded, derogatory manner all the while crapping on about how they don't use/never used Facebook or any form or social media like it's some superior badge of honour.

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Originally Posted by bojan

I think exactly this is the problem with FB - "the feeling of connection" which is totally false.
Nothing can replace physical contact.. even forum is way better than FB. The confidence in "contacts" expressed on FB does not relate to reality at all.

The feeling of connection is "totally false" ? Remember "totally false" in your opinion only. And a forum like IIS is "way better" than FB? Not in my world/life because I have far more reaching interests than this little hobby.

I connect with friends, family, work colleagues and work contacts interstate and around the world, share travel stories, meet in person when traveling interstate and overseas, swap ideas and thoughts, arrange reunions and group catch-ups in places from airport lounges to pubs - like many millions of people do, so I don't subscribe to your theory that the feeling of connection is "totally false".

For the record, Facebook allows me to keep in contact with family and friends all over the globe, in a cheap and instant way, no STD call charges for 10, 20 or 30 years ago.

KenGee (Kenith Gee) · #17 19-08-2012, 10:29 PM

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Originally Posted by BPO

Here's the guts of a conversation I once had...

Them: "Okay, fine. So do you believe there's such a thing as a Facebook and Twitter for straight adult males?"

Me: "Yeah mate. It's called The Pub."

I haven't heard from that person in a while.

Gee I'm surprised by that post as you don't seem old enough to get into a Pub, maybe the rules are different in NZ. Eh Kiwi's when did you drop the drinking age to 12.

MrB (Simon) · #18 20-08-2012, 01:39 AM

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Originally Posted by stephenb

Another FB rant thread. Was there any point to this pointless thread being started?. Ok, I'll bite..
....
The other type is one who looks down on people who use FB in an underhanded, derogatory manner all the while crapping on about how they don't use/never used Facebook or any form or social media like it's some superior badge of honour.
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For the record, Facebook allows me to keep in contact with family and friends all over the globe, in a cheap and instant way, no STD call charges for 10, 20 or 30 years ago.

Haters will hate.. it's pointless to butt heads with butt-heads.

ZeroID (Brent) · #19 20-08-2012, 07:41 AM

I've actually 'rejoined' FB. I had an account when it first started, thought 'waste of time' and abandoned it.
But times change and I needed to stay in contact with a particular interest group and circle of people so I am back on. The difference is I am limiting my 'friends' to those I want to keep in touch with.
Although I must say I am surprised at how effectice FB is at digging up old acquaintances. I have made contact with a long lost contact who I am very pleased to have found again and confirmed a mutually supportive friendship that I thought was faltering. I guess it really comes down to how you manage it and what you expect from it. I have just over a dozen friends and will probably add a few more with similar interests and I post very little personal info at the site. A few pix and comments is about my limit but I admit it has been an good experience so far.

cathalferris · #20 20-08-2012, 12:49 PM

There is a third type - the computer professionals that are rightly worried about the unknown future issues that are likely to arise when one private entity has access to so many people's private data, with few internal controls on how this data is used or stored or secured. It's too much power concentrating in one place, with no real oversight possible.

A lot of people don't understand why giving your private data and personal information away so freely may be a not a good idea. The data mining possibilities are frightening, and especially when applying the inexact science of facial recognition. Facebook users never really see that they are not 'customers' or even only users of FB, but that they are the product that FaceBook can sell onwards to other parties.

My personal thoughts are that FaceBook may be useful to a lot of people for getting in contact with long-lost friends, but the increasing trends for people to check in and give locations and times, as well as all the small bits of information that individually are not that useful but when collated across a continent become downright scary with the possibilities for our private lives. I do think that in a few years we will see more and more issues arising from having our whole lives documented in a private company's servers.

What would happen to all of that data if Facebook was sold off?