Tuesday, February 26, 2008

facebook decline?

I don't know if the rumors are true or not because its so hard to get the truth.

According to this article, they only track users not profiles, and from what I can find the drop was only reported in the amount of UK visitors no where else.

So does this mean facebook is on the decline. I'd say two things to that. First, there is no basis for comparison on this, there is no precedent. Myspace doesn't count, for the simple reason that the twos structures are so different from each other. But there is nothing worthy to compare this too. Then there is this moron who wants to compare how the fact that facebook made it easier to delete your account means its going to fail just like what happened with aol. I'm sorry but to even put AOL and facebook in the same article is somewhat an indicator of a lack of common sense. AOL was a crappy service provider that no one really liked, but at the time there were no other real options. Facebook has stood out from the multitude already so they got something that people want. But on the other hand there is no such thing as unlimited growth. The numbers have to level off at somepoint, so even if there was a decrease in numbers, which facebook denies, that is by no means a clear indication of upcoming doom.

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