Comments on: Social Network Bubble Bursting Slowly But Surely http://www.pcmech.com/article/social-network-bubble-bursting-slowly-but-surely/ Helping Normal People Get Their Geek On Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:37:34 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Adam G. http://www.pcmech.com/article/social-network-bubble-bursting-slowly-but-surely/comment-page-1/#comment-13916 Adam G. Tue, 26 Aug 2008 17:10:30 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/article/social-network-bubble-bursting-slowly-but-surely/#comment-13916 I don't think online social network is fading away. The market is just going to hit the saturation point, as we have seen in the cell phone industry. That's why mobile carriers in the U.S. are starting to push more devices with expanded data capabilities. The voice cell phone market hit a limit of available new subscribers, so they are shifting to a "new" type of device for the market to try to keep the ball rolling. Facebook should look to grow in offerings and expand in marketing (where do they get their revenue?), but it shouldn't expect to add new users at previous rates. As for MySpace, what's that? ;-) I don’t think online social network is fading away. The market is just going to hit the saturation point, as we have seen in the cell phone industry. That’s why mobile carriers in the U.S. are starting to push more devices with expanded data capabilities. The voice cell phone market hit a limit of available new subscribers, so they are shifting to a “new” type of device for the market to try to keep the ball rolling.

Facebook should look to grow in offerings and expand in marketing (where do they get their revenue?), but it shouldn’t expect to add new users at previous rates. As for MySpace, what’s that? ;-)

]]> By: lespaul20 http://www.pcmech.com/article/social-network-bubble-bursting-slowly-but-surely/comment-page-1/#comment-7905 lespaul20 Tue, 12 Feb 2008 21:17:01 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/article/social-network-bubble-bursting-slowly-but-surely/#comment-7905 "While some would say that this medium of social interaction has limitless possibilities, that’s just flat-out wrong; there is a limit and it’s being reached." If you are talking about structured websites then maybe. I would say that the limit is not even close to being reached with socialization over the web. I hardly see a bubble bursting, Facebook and Myspace are new. Just like American cell phone industry, with your logic it should burst also. It's called market saturation which is not the same a creativity limits. Supposedly we saw the "limit" of computer in the 1970s. “While some would say that this medium of social interaction has limitless possibilities, that’s just flat-out wrong; there is a limit and it’s being reached.”

If you are talking about structured websites then maybe. I would say that the limit is not even close to being reached with socialization over the web. I hardly see a bubble bursting, Facebook and Myspace are new. Just like American cell phone industry, with your logic it should burst also. It’s called market saturation which is not the same a creativity limits. Supposedly we saw the “limit” of computer in the 1970s.

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