Platforms such as twitter and more so with Facebook, allow a user to control the page - the site. Young people today are attracted more to decentralized platforms that allow them to manage their own "cell" of information.
When I speak with young adults who are in their 20s, I am amazed at how sophisticated and smart they are about manipulating their own social media. Now, don't get me wrong. I AM NOT impressed with young people as a whole when it comes to acting like adults and be responsible as adults, but, I have to give them props for what they do very well. Local governments, and really any institution run by adults whose legacy with technology puts them into the over 25 or 30 crowd, may see twitter and Facebook as critical infrastructure, but if those two sites disappeared tomorrow, the world of the younger crowd wouldn't skip a beat or notice.
It's funny to watch adults try to monetize Youtube. Neither of my young adult children use Youtube accept as assigned by teachers at college. The sites they use, as do their friends and millions like them are just as monetized.
Facebook will fall from grace. So will twitter. Not today or tomorrow, but soon. Shelf life, ... it isn't even for breakfast in this fast pace moving world.
FWIW: I was watching my daughter take an exam on line. No matter what question the teacher asked, it seemed that question had been addressed somewhere else on the internet. More often than not, even the multiple choice selections were identical. She can pull up any question and have the answer with in a few seconds. I am not even sure if test matter any longer if the taker can access information on most any topic instantly.
When I speak with young adults who are in their 20s, I am amazed at how sophisticated and smart they are about manipulating their own social media. Now, don't get me wrong. I AM NOT impressed with young people as a whole when it comes to acting like adults and be responsible as adults, but, I have to give them props for what they do very well. Local governments, and really any institution run by adults whose legacy with technology puts them into the over 25 or 30 crowd, may see twitter and Facebook as critical infrastructure, but if those two sites disappeared tomorrow, the world of the younger crowd wouldn't skip a beat or notice.
It's funny to watch adults try to monetize Youtube. Neither of my young adult children use Youtube accept as assigned by teachers at college. The sites they use, as do their friends and millions like them are just as monetized.
Facebook will fall from grace. So will twitter. Not today or tomorrow, but soon. Shelf life, ... it isn't even for breakfast in this fast pace moving world.
FWIW: I was watching my daughter take an exam on line. No matter what question the teacher asked, it seemed that question had been addressed somewhere else on the internet. More often than not, even the multiple choice selections were identical. She can pull up any question and have the answer with in a few seconds. I am not even sure if test matter any longer if the taker can access information on most any topic instantly.