Tuesday, May 11, 2010

The beginning of Facebook's long slow decline?

Nothing lasts forever. Facebook's rapid growth has been accompanied by steadily eroding privacy, with particularly nasty changes in December and again just last month. And who knows what will happen in the future.
The Facebook Zeitgeist for May 2010

Why do most people go to Facebook? To share with friends and family, and to play games. OK, maybe not so much the games as time marches on:


And, well, as Danny Sullivan observes, maybe not so much sharing either as people realize how little Facebook respects their ability to make choices and exert control over the online aspects of their lives:



Don't have a Facebook account yet? It's never too late to join in the fun.

Want to help accelerate the trends? There are always the nuclear options.