5 Possible Reasons U.S. Users Are Ditching Facebook

14.06.2011

Lately, when the headlines aren't railing against Facebook's privacy fouls, the media has been reporting on the company's financial concerns and its reported . Bor-ing!

Perhaps the Facebook's evolution from startup to unavoidable monstrosity has driven Millennials -- a generation typically in favor of entrepreneurialism -- into "distrust mode," thereby signaling a widespread call to ditch ' once-fun site and move onto other social networking services...which bring us to...

#4 - Facebook is too General; We Want Specified Social Networks

The generalized nature of Facebook is great for those who dig ... stuff. But our social Web culture is turning to apps, and services such as for photos, for foodies, for multimedia, for music, etc., are catering to those who want a niche. Sure, these apps are compatible with Facebook news feeds for added sharing capabilities, but they're also building their own, specified, social networks.

#5 - We're Returning to MySpace