<story><title>Facebook Posts Strong Profit and Revenue Growth</title><url>http://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-posts-strong-profit-and-revenue-growth-1469650289</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>anonymousguy</author><text>&amp;gt; Everyone&amp;#x27;s on Facebook after all&lt;p&gt;I know of several people who choose to not waste their time with Facebook.  Seriously, why?  Any time I need to nudge somebody, that I don&amp;#x27;t care enough to bother with in the real world, there is Linked In.  Everybody else either has my phone number, email address, or they are people I don&amp;#x27;t know.</text></item><item><author>hacker_9</author><text>Facebook managed to beat out it&amp;#x27;s competitors to the top spot, and maintain that spot long enough to the point where it has just become a constant in people&amp;#x27;s minds now. Every other attempt to dethrone has been too technical minded I think. There was that Diaspora that gave users privacy, only to find people didn&amp;#x27;t care about that (the majority). Then there was Google+, who again introduced a whole lot of lingo and looked complicated to use and why bother? Everyone&amp;#x27;s on Facebook after all, and Google = Search, everything else is just riff raff!&lt;p&gt;Once you stop talking to developers and programmers, you find that people don&amp;#x27;t give a shit about things remotely technical, and just use stuff because &amp;#x27;everyone else is using it&amp;#x27;.&lt;p&gt;Saying all that, these days my FB feed has gone advert mad, and I find I mainly use it for event organisation instead. I do get the feeling it is slowly dying though despite being profitable, but whether it will be replaced by a new social networking site, or a set of separate apps with specific functions instead, remains to be seen.</text></item><item><author>kilroy123</author><text>It has been said many times, that something else will come around, become more popular, and overthrow facebook. I just don&amp;#x27;t see that happening now.&lt;p&gt;They&amp;#x27;re still doing well. They bought Instagram. (I think a very smart move.) They&amp;#x27;ll eventually buy the next big thing.&lt;p&gt;I think Facebook is here to stay.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>vadym909</author><text>&amp;gt;waste their time with Facebook
That&amp;#x27;s a bold statement. People like me use it as a lightweight option to stay abreast with whats going on with friends and family without having to invest in a long call or email. You may think I don&amp;#x27;t care, but I do- but its hard and time consuming to call 50 people and ask &amp;#x27;Did you go somewhere this summer? How was it? What did you see?&amp;#x27;. Instead I just &amp;#x27;like&amp;#x27; when I see a cool picture they share and when I call them I can start by saying &amp;#x27;Wow- you had such a good time in Paris- why don&amp;#x27;t you visit us next year?&amp;#x27;</text></comment>
<story><title>Facebook Posts Strong Profit and Revenue Growth</title><url>http://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-posts-strong-profit-and-revenue-growth-1469650289</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>anonymousguy</author><text>&amp;gt; Everyone&amp;#x27;s on Facebook after all&lt;p&gt;I know of several people who choose to not waste their time with Facebook.  Seriously, why?  Any time I need to nudge somebody, that I don&amp;#x27;t care enough to bother with in the real world, there is Linked In.  Everybody else either has my phone number, email address, or they are people I don&amp;#x27;t know.</text></item><item><author>hacker_9</author><text>Facebook managed to beat out it&amp;#x27;s competitors to the top spot, and maintain that spot long enough to the point where it has just become a constant in people&amp;#x27;s minds now. Every other attempt to dethrone has been too technical minded I think. There was that Diaspora that gave users privacy, only to find people didn&amp;#x27;t care about that (the majority). Then there was Google+, who again introduced a whole lot of lingo and looked complicated to use and why bother? Everyone&amp;#x27;s on Facebook after all, and Google = Search, everything else is just riff raff!&lt;p&gt;Once you stop talking to developers and programmers, you find that people don&amp;#x27;t give a shit about things remotely technical, and just use stuff because &amp;#x27;everyone else is using it&amp;#x27;.&lt;p&gt;Saying all that, these days my FB feed has gone advert mad, and I find I mainly use it for event organisation instead. I do get the feeling it is slowly dying though despite being profitable, but whether it will be replaced by a new social networking site, or a set of separate apps with specific functions instead, remains to be seen.</text></item><item><author>kilroy123</author><text>It has been said many times, that something else will come around, become more popular, and overthrow facebook. I just don&amp;#x27;t see that happening now.&lt;p&gt;They&amp;#x27;re still doing well. They bought Instagram. (I think a very smart move.) They&amp;#x27;ll eventually buy the next big thing.&lt;p&gt;I think Facebook is here to stay.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>goldenkey</author><text>LinkedIn is a spammer paradise and a cancer for everybody else though. LinkedIn is designed decently but just as full of spam and overflow as Myspace was. Pretty much only worth using between jobs - but otherwise, I think there are much better platforms. They&amp;#x27;ve become all about upselling: &amp;quot;Buy our premium membership and see the people who&amp;#x27;ve seen your profile!&amp;quot; And they of course, sell your data and viewing habits without care.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.forbes.com&amp;#x2F;sites&amp;#x2F;nextavenue&amp;#x2F;2013&amp;#x2F;09&amp;#x2F;03&amp;#x2F;has-linkedin-crossed-an-ethical-line&amp;#x2F;#99b9d64468cc&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.forbes.com&amp;#x2F;sites&amp;#x2F;nextavenue&amp;#x2F;2013&amp;#x2F;09&amp;#x2F;03&amp;#x2F;has-linked...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>