My opinion has only hardened in the last few weeks. MySpace, the social networking giant… is dying. One peek at their Alexa profile will show that the ratings are way down, and while overall traffic isn’t totally flat… it’s fading. More importantly, as it’s gotten overrun with adults… almost all of the students I know have slowed their use.
I used to get see all sorts of activity from students on a daily basis… but that seems to be fading too. Fewer content rich comments, fewer bulletins with anything valuable, and MORE spam. In fact, I’ve only been logging on myself once every few days. It simply isn’t worth the ads/spam/crappy bulletins that people post.
It’s only natural that once the corporations take over and the dollars start rolling in that the adolescents check out. Nothing could be less cool than being labeled "corporate."
Never fear, something else will pop up! And by the time most adults figure out what it is… it won’t be cool anymore.
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