Comments on: Has Social Networking Jumped The Shark?

By: Ben

Ben — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 15:59:00 +0000

Agreed on the virtual nothingness. Though I do think some utility some exists in it. As previously mentioned in the comments, you can have a great contact list. Of course, you could do the same with a database on your own computer and freely under Linux if you really wanted. I’m on Face book simply because my family and one friend is on it. Sometimes when I feel like bothering with hassle, might try a game. But for the most my profile really doesn’t do much aside from collect electronic dust. I suppose Face book isn’t for introverts and thinkers.

By: Jordan A

Jordan A — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 21:26:39 +0000

I don’t think Social networking sites have completely jumped the shark . Sites like Facebook and Myspace are perfectly fine and wont die down unless your a constant facebooker or twittererer (i think that’s right) then, it becomes boring .

By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 01:34:26 +0000

I wouldn’t say it has jumped the shark just yet. I just started using Facebook and found a bunch of old high school friends, got some sad news about the death of a friend, and found a photo of myself at punk show in 1985 posted on there. Reconnecting has been so cool. I also keep track of who my daughters’ friends are.

Your point, however, about the boredom is right on. I do get bored with it easily. I also get very annoyed to find out that my friends are at work, at the gym, eating dinner, etc… Plus the clunky and buggy apps/UI’s are infuriating, like you said.

I suppose the benefit of social networking comes down to how you use it. Obviously it will have great value to some people, and little to no value to others.

By: Sebastien

Sebastien — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 06:53:30 +0000

I was signed up by a friend to Facebook. I couldn’t care less about the thing after Hi5. Now it’s the greatest timewaster that I have. It’s an ‘ok’ medium to keep in contact with family and friends but it’s godawfully slow, buggy, continuously hacked into (the ‘Konami Code’ was a good one though) and has a REALLY crappy interface. What do I mainly use it for? Playing games and as far as I’ve seen, that’s what most people do with their time on Facebook (“cough” Farmville). That and playing around with those stupid ‘How well do you know me’ apps. IMO, I think they’re overrated.

By: David Kennedy

David Kennedy — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:58:20 +0000

It will never go away, but there will be other forms (much like I said on your post re: internet relics). But the the fad will decrease .

I never understood the hype. I signed up for MySpace, maybe I updated it once, and that was it.

By: Brian

Brian — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:31:32 +0000

The biggest thing Facebook, etc. does for me is act as a self-updating contact book. Which, in the end, is what it really is. No need to keep up with addresses (physical or email), etc. Just hit them up on Facebook. Great idea, really. You essentially put yourself into others contact books upon mutual agreement. Other than the mindless time wasters (which I do not use), that is all Facebook really does. The photos are nice, but really they are just a photo entry in the contact book.

By: eli

eli — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:29:28 +0000

I don’t know about passing it’s peak in general, but it sure has with me. I’ve always felt it’s a pretty big deal about nothing special. Just the same old thing, communicating on the internet, presented with new and different accessories.

For many it has become a source of stress, anxiety, and of course time wasting. People do it because everybody’s doing it. It is in fact, a trendy thing to do. I pretty much tired of it immediately. Why would I want to take some MORE time out of my busy day to waste on talking to people??? Nobody needs to know whats going on with everyone else all the time. People need to just calm down, and get more into their own lives.

By: David M

David M — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:18:59 +0000

I tried Facebook and Twitter because that’s what so many others were doing. So I thought I would experiment and see what the big deal is about. Nothing really happened. I thought it was me at first, that I was doing something wrong. But then I realized this is how it is…virtual nothingness. I guess if you really get into it that its a great way of burning time…if that’s how you want to use your time.