http://patthorntonfiles.com/blog/2008/05/23/rethinking-facebook-as-a-more-standard-social-network/ Random musings from a technologist Wed, 06 Apr 2011 15:43:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 http://patthorntonfiles.com/blog/2008/05/23/rethinking-facebook-as-a-more-standard-social-network/comment-page-1/#comment-3625 Greg Linch Fri, 23 May 2008 19:17:19 +0000 http://patthorntonfiles.com/blog/?p=285#comment-3625 I think the growth of other social networking sites has also contributed Facebook's decline among some users. It used to be the center of the social networking universe for a lot of people I know, but now they may blog instead of posting a note, use Twitter instead of updating their status, upload photos to Flickr instead of an album, etc. This also ties into creating a more public and professional image of themselves online, as you mentioned, in preparation of looking for a job. I think the growth of other social networking sites has also contributed Facebook’s decline among some users. It used to be the center of the social networking universe for a lot of people I know, but now they may blog instead of posting a note, use Twitter instead of updating their status, upload photos to Flickr instead of an album, etc. This also ties into creating a more public and professional image of themselves online, as you mentioned, in preparation of looking for a job.

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