Talking Tech: Facebook at 10: Will it be liked in '24?
Consumers sound off on Facebook as it turns 10 years old -- how often they use it, does it have staying power, with Jefferson Graham on Talking Tech.
Allie Marion, an Orange County photographer, discusses Facebook.(Photo: Sean Fujiwara)
Story Highlights
- Facebook turns 10 Tuesday
- The social network has 1.2 billion members
- Consumers have a love/hate relationship with Facebook
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Facebook turns 10 on Tuesday, but what will the next 10 years be like for the social network? Will it still be as big a factor in our lives? Will it still be around?
We talked to folks at the recent National Association of Music Merchants convention here to get their take.
• "I was just on Facebook 10 seconds ago," said Allie Marion, a photographer from Orange County, Calif. "It's very addictive. I call it FOMO. 'Fear of Missing Out.'"
• "I remember when we didn't have it," said Daniel Crawford of San Diego. "It's all people use now. It's taken over everything. It's kind of annoying."
• Not for Leanne Binder, a singer from Canfield, Ohio. "I use it every day. You have to, if you're a musician. It's the biggest way we get our stuff out there. We post every week what we're doing." What would life be like without Facebook? "It would be be 1976 all over again. We'd be stapling fliers to telephone poles. That's what we did. Now we just put it on Facebook. It's much easier."
What doesn't Binder like about Facebook? "The lack of privacy."
Will Facebook still be around and thriving in 2024?
"Probably not," says Deborah Moore from Los Angeles. "It will go into cyberspace the way all the other social media apps have gone." She mentions once-popular services like Friendster and MySpace.
Marion thinks there's a good chance Facebook will survive, and so does friend Christine Brito, an Orange County singer.
"It will be around in 10 years and just as popular as it is now. Facebook isn't going anywhere."
Readers: Do you think Facebook will still be here in 2024? Let's chat about it on Twitter, where I'm @jeffersongraham[1].
References
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