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<blockquote data-quote="Janx" data-source="post: 6632018" data-attributes="member: 8835">well, part of that is the age group FB was invented for (college students) and how that group has aged and how it reached the older and younger demographics.&nbsp; Teens used to whine about not being allowed on FB.&nbsp; Once FB let them in, they saw their parents were on it, and left.As I've met a few devs who proudly tell me &quot;they made a social media site&quot;, I roll my eyes as who hasn't written or could write a social media site.&nbsp; The general concept existed before FB (LinkedIn predates it for instance).&nbsp; So I take references to FB or non FB social media to really being the same bucket of Social Media.&nbsp; Folks who deviate from FB or just deviants, no different than folks who choose linux because Micro$oft $ux.The key problem I have with Social Media is that it is a dangerous trap, and it's full of time-wasting crap people used to forward in emails.posting your activity on FB basically tells people when it's a good time to rob youit over-shares your personal life in ways that don't need to happen (I had a friend complain about her husband and their argument while he was out of town.&nbsp; I can't imagine that made resolving the argument easier now that he knows everybody knows)it tends to leak stuff you didn't want your boss/work to know accidentally (FB changes their code and rules all the time, making accidents happen)it leaves a trail of activity that you don't need others to see later (like that drunken party from 3 years ago)it fosters spamming each other with shared links and news that foist political views and crap on each other (yet everybody claims they hate that crap, so who's actually sharing)If I could truly trust it, and have a platform all my friends really are on (FB is where 90% of all social media users are.&nbsp; Deviant systems are niche cloisters which means I'd need different accounts for different groups), then social media unto itself is a handy tool for keeping touch and sharing stuff with actual friends.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Janx, post: 6632018, member: 8835"] well, part of that is the age group FB was invented for (college students) and how that group has aged and how it reached the older and younger demographics. Teens used to whine about not being allowed on FB. Once FB let them in, they saw their parents were on it, and left. As I've met a few devs who proudly tell me "they made a social media site", I roll my eyes as who hasn't written or could write a social media site. The general concept existed before FB (LinkedIn predates it for instance). So I take references to FB or non FB social media to really being the same bucket of Social Media. Folks who deviate from FB or just deviants, no different than folks who choose linux because Micro$oft $ux. The key problem I have with Social Media is that it is a dangerous trap, and it's full of time-wasting crap people used to forward in emails. posting your activity on FB basically tells people when it's a good time to rob you it over-shares your personal life in ways that don't need to happen (I had a friend complain about her husband and their argument while he was out of town. I can't imagine that made resolving the argument easier now that he knows everybody knows) it tends to leak stuff you didn't want your boss/work to know accidentally (FB changes their code and rules all the time, making accidents happen) it leaves a trail of activity that you don't need others to see later (like that drunken party from 3 years ago) it fosters spamming each other with shared links and news that foist political views and crap on each other (yet everybody claims they hate that crap, so who's actually sharing) If I could truly trust it, and have a platform all my friends really are on (FB is where 90% of all social media users are. Deviant systems are niche cloisters which means I'd need different accounts for different groups), then social media unto itself is a handy tool for keeping touch and sharing stuff with actual friends. [/QUOTE]

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