is facebook fading away ?

No I dont think so. Currently there is no social media site/app which can beat facebook. In Future well we cant say.

Well Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram etc are all niche platforms each doing their own(that's why many people use many of them not just one). To take on Facebook they have to basically do what Facebook does but better. It is hard at this point, they have messaging, they will have streaming. They just release a content management system like YouTube and many video creators are going to use it.

Also the ad price on Facebook seems to grow continually. Which is not a sign of regress.

I don't think Facebook will fade away anytime soon. They know how to innovate and change with the times. Mark Z. knows what he is doing and if anything he will buy up some of the up and coming apps to keep Facebook strong.

I wouldn't worry about Facebook fading for now. Maybe 10-20 years down the road things could change, but for now there is no worry with Facebook.

Facebook has 1.5 billion users. Which is more than any other social sites and Apps. In my point of view day by day Facebook becoming a part an parcel of our life. So, there is no chance of beating Facebook in near future.

I don't think Facebook is going away anytime soon. Especially with all the investments they've made in increasing their reach like through internet.org. Yes, they're probably fading in the US but they're still gaining a lot of user rest of the world.

Never because Mark zuckerberg always take out new tech innovative ideas. you can see the recent example - chatbots and money transfer through it.

I think Facebook is here to stay for quite a while, especially as they own Instagram and WhatsApp!

Based on their recent earning report, Facebook is here to stay. Thus true we said same for Myspace

Facebook has max data, which helps to predict or create trends. So before any app/website can rise, they are already owned by Facebook. It is war - keep your enemy close .)

No way Jose.

Facebook isn't invincible, but it's looking pretty good right now.

Yeah. There are really a lot of new social media discovering nowadays.

All of them offers different features that we can't see on facebook.

But at the end of the day, people always choose to come back to the old one, facebook.

No. I don't think so.

There are still a lot of users who choose facebook instead of the new ones.

Because facebook is easier to navigate.

Facebook will stay forever. Almost everyone has an account and they use it as secondary communication to their relatives and friends/colleagues.

Facebook is here to stay (but nothing is ever permanent, look at Friendster and MySpace) for how long, there's no definite answer. One thing Facebook have over its predecessora is that it peaked at the right time. Now that the social network theme is played out, any new player coming in to the market would have to introduce something totally revolutionary that none of the big players can simply duplicate.

Nowadays Facebook's traffic is huge... and sometimes it ranked number #1 in Alexa. More 1 billion people access Facebook daily.

Facebook acquired WhatsApp and Instagram, Facebook's business became stronger. And Facebook's company is still in innovation for future.

No. I don't think facebook is fading away.

There are still a lot of users who choose to use Facebook despite the existence of other new social media.

if they raise their fb ads CPC ...then there will be disaster waiting

1) Facebook is not fading away, and never will fade away.

If anything the way marketing is working and how FB is synced in with EMAIL, its very good for marketing.

2) The next FB is coming. Probably something bigger. I have already been to a private seminar, which I have never been blown away like that.

So facebook, is not old, and will not get old, the INTERNET WILL JUST change, and make way for the next ZUCKERBURG....just a matter of time. Just you wait and see.

Facebook is still one of the most used social medias.

It has one of the most number of users.

It's still one of the easiest and most effective way to reach people

No, I am still a fan of facebook. I use it for business as well as personal.

For the 5 years to come, I guess Facebook might keep its #1 position, regarding the way people still use it in their private life.
In addition to that, Facebook is the best platform to generates traffic, so businesses are most likely to keep using it.
However, I'm pretty curious about the future ! Which social media will be able to beat Facebook, the giant ? Twitter ?

Facebook isn't going anywhere but that does not mean that it will always be a preferred medium for marketing. The truth is that it has never been stable for that, constantly changing the playing field has made it very difficult to adapt and maintain a useful presence. Add to that the constantly increasing costs of doing business there and it becomes obvious that it's utility for commercial purposes is becoming more and more limited, despite it's huge user base.

How many users there are on Facebook is an irrelevant metric, the only metrics that matter are how many likes your page has, how engaged they are, and most importantly how effective your reach is. Facebook as discovered a real goldmine for themselves by forcing people to pay to market to their own followers. But the costs of building followers are growing increasingly prohibitive. I'd say you need a minimum reach of at least 5000 to be able to make effective and predictable conversions. But if you use their Ads platform such a following could cost up to $10,000. Really not worth the price if you ask me.

Comparable followings can be built on Twitter for free or nearly free and they have been shown in many studies to convert better anyway.

There is a no even 1% chance that facebook will beat by other.

I think facebook is very popular among all other social sites...

No chance for getting fade for the Facebook, now a days daily login users are increased in this social media. So it will be very good improvement only. Thank you.

Facebook is still alive and kicking. It's still the most used social media. It is used by almost all kinds of people and not only limited to businessman.

Facebook seems to be the king of social media and it's been like that from the beginning.

Facebook may still be growing, but I think that eventually sites like TPO and Tsu will overtake it. I don't know how long that that will take.

Like all things on the internet it's time will come. Be focused on seeing what's around the corner and learning it quickly before anyone else to be the most successful (this goes for ANY type of business). To answer your question, for now Facebook is king in terms of most visited site, most sticky site and most users!

No it's not fading away, maybe in future, but not now...

It can't be fade like Orkut.. because Facebook always do the updations according to the latest technology!!