Via Don Park, this comment on OnlineSpin's post, Deconstructing Facebook:
I’ve noticed a surge…and consequently a mass exodus of their core users. My 20-yr intern summed it up best: when I asked her why she deleted her facebook profile/account this week, she said, “My 6th grade cousin tried to friend me on facebook and that was it. Facebook’s over.”
Earlier today I dug out, for a friend, this from danah boyd (written last September):
I do not believe that social network sites are able to sustain lots of conflicting social contexts. Or, rather, i don't believe that they can continue as a hang-out space. I know that Facebook will continue to grow but i believe that the core value of it will be lost for the sake of growth.
There are some good comments on danah's post. As far as I can tell, the jury's out — that is, the young are still in.
