Social Networking Enters the Age of Angst

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story imageThis is either the age of social networking, or it's not. It's either the future, or it's already a has-been. What the heck is going on?

Forbes has printed a thoughtful article on why Google Plus has failed to thrive . The Atlantic has written a piece suggesting Twitter is on the decline . Facebook's interest among teens seems to be slowing, while their "page reach" is down by 50% .

So, what's going on? Is it because, post- Snowden , everyone is tired of being spied on? Has everyone moved on to cooler platforms? Has everyone ditched social networking and gone back to Usenet ? Is it possible, as one author suggests, that privacy is now overtaking sharing on the 'Net? Or has everyone just found something more productive to do, like work in the garden?

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Re: Maybe this says more about journalists? (Score: 1)

by reziac@pipedot.org on 2014-05-06 03:19 (#1DV)

Neither Google nor Facebook has my real name... and who's to say my real name isn't those two apparently-random words? I mean, seriously, yonder is the excellent example of Moon Unit, are they going to deny that as a real name?? Now tell me any other two words are not a real name, eh?
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