LiveJournal was a site that combined blogging and social networking features, inspired by the WELL, and was used for keeping up with school friends.

LiveJournal was one of the series of social networking business models that emerged, offering more advanced tools for user interaction, after SixDegrees.com, the first real attempt at social networking, shut down in 1999.

LiveJournal evolved from a personal journaling application to a social networking platform, incorporating features that allowed users to interact with each other.

LiveJournal is a blog platform that allows users to publish their own and comment on others' posts, create collective blogs ("communities"), add friends, and follow their posts in a "friends' feed".

The platform has features that enable social networking, such as adding friends and following their posts.

LiveJournal has a large user base and has been used for various purposes, including blogging and social networking.

Unfortunately, the search results do not provide information on how Brad Fitzpatrick transformed a journaling application he created into a website others could use.

The search results also do not provide information on what made LiveJournal different from other blogging platforms and what led to its decline in popularity.

LiveJournal had a feature called 'friends' which allowed users to see posts from other users they had added as friends.

LiveJournal allowed users to customize their journal's layout and design using a variety of templates and customization options.

LiveJournal had a feature called 'communities' which allowed users to create and join groups based on shared interests.

The rise of social media platforms has led to a significant shift in the way people communicate, connect, and consume information.

The rise of Facebook led to a decline in popularity of earlier social networking sites like Myspace and LiveJournal.

The concentration of innovation in the hands of a few large players, such as Facebook, has led to a decrease in disruption and competition in the tech industry.

The rise and fall of social media platforms can be attributed to the failure to adapt to changing trends, privacy concerns, intense competition, and the emergence of alternative platforms.

The primary factors contributing to the decline in popularity of LiveJournal are not explicitly mentioned in the documents, but the rise of other social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram is implied to have influenced the decline of older social media platforms.

The migration of users from LiveJournal to other social media platforms occurred due to various factors, including changes in the social and political landscape.

Users employed strategies such as adapting to new platforms, changing their tone of voice, and focusing on building strong relationships with their audience to maintain their online presence and community during the transition.

The transition led to a change in the tone of communication, with many users opting for a more neutral and respectful tone to avoid controversy and maintain their audience.

The importance of building strong relationships with the audience and maintaining a positive online reputation was emphasized by many users, who recognized that these factors were crucial for success in the new social media landscape.

Russian bloggers are migrating from foreign social media platforms to domestic ones, but this process requires time.

Many users have settled on Telegram, followed by VKontakte and then Odноклассники.

The migration process involves a loss of subscribers, likes, and content for bloggers.

It is possible for bloggers to monetize their content on Russian social media platforms.

The process of migrating a large audience from one platform to another is time-consuming and cannot be done instantly.

Despite the challenges, the prospects for Russian social media platforms and bloggers are good.

Some bloggers have successfully migrated to new platforms and achieved good monetization, as evidenced by successful case studies presented by experts.

The number of authors and content on Russian social media platforms is increasing.

LiveJournal combined blogging and social networking features, allowing for unique user interactions and community building.

LiveJournal's features were inspired by the WELL, a earlier online community.

LiveJournal was a site for keeping up with school friends, which differentiated it from other early social networking platforms.

In contrast to LiveJournal, Friendster allowed for increased interaction and control by users, while Myspace gave users the freedom to customize their pages.

LiveJournal and other early social networking platforms, such as SixDegrees.com, Friendster, and Myspace, paved the way for later platforms like Facebook.

The decline of LiveJournal can be attributed to its failure to adapt to changing trends, privacy concerns, and intense competition from other platforms.

The rise of Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram contributed to the decline of other social media platforms, including LiveJournal, as users shifted their attention to these newer platforms.

Myspace, one of the pioneers in social networking, lost popularity when Facebook emerged as a dominant force in the social media landscape.

Myspace failed to adapt to the changing preferences of its user base, leading to a decline in user engagement and eventual loss of relevance.

The lack of innovation and failure to address user concerns led to the demise of other early social networking sites like Orkut.

Google+, launched in 2011, failed to attract a large user base despite significant resources, and was eventually shut down in 2019 due to low user numbers.

The rise of smartphones and messaging apps like WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger led to the decline of older messaging platforms like AOL Messenger.

Vine, a platform known for its short-form videos, failed to effectively monetize its content and was ultimately surpassed by competing platforms like Instagram and Snapchat.

Delicious, a social bookmarking site, faced significant challenges due to a lack of effective monetization strategies and the emergence of new competitors, leading to a sharp decline in user base and eventual sale and relaunch under new ownership.

The primary factors contributing to the decline in popularity of LiveJournal are not explicitly mentioned in the documents, but the rise of other social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram is implied to have influenced the decline of older social media platforms.

Facebook's popularity has declined, with a drop in daily users for the first time in its history, resulting in a loss of over $300 billion in market value.

The decline in Facebook's popularity is attributed to increased competition from other social media platforms such as YouTube, Snapchat, TikTok, and Discord.

Social media companies may have a natural life cycle, with a growth phase followed by a decline in popularity.

The rise of new social media platforms can lead to a decline in popularity of existing ones, as users migrate to newer, trendier sites.

TikTok has been gaining market share from Facebook, particularly among teenagers.

Meta, Facebook's parent company, has been modifying its social media platforms, including Instagram, to make them more like TikTok.

Recent surveys and research have shown a decline in the number of social media users who regularly post on their accounts.

61% of American adults with social media accounts say they have become more selective about what they post.

The reasons for this decline are varied, including feelings of lack of control over the content they see, increased hesitation to share their lives online, and a decrease in the enjoyment of social media.

Companies that own social media sites are investing more in 'private experiences' for users, such as sharing details of their lives with only close friends.

Instagram users spend most of their time in direct messages.

More than half of the participants in a US survey believe that the quality of social media has declined in the past five years, citing fake information and the spread of robots as reasons.

50% of users are expected to either abandon or significantly reduce their interactions with social media sites over the next two years.

The number of monthly users on the 'X' (formerly Twitter) platform is expected to decrease by 5% globally this year due to technical issues and poor content.

There are concerns about the impact of generative AI on social media, with over 7 out of 10 users agreeing that increased integration of GenAI will harm the user experience.

LiveJournal was a site that combined blogging and social networking features, inspired by the WELL, and was used for keeping up with school friends.

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Content: Regulators Seem to Think That Facebook Is the Internet

That’s a problem.

In 1997, SixDegrees.com was the first real attempt at social networking, creating a space where users could upload their information and list their friends. The site peaked at approximately 3.5 million users before it shut down in 1999.

Since then, a series of social networking business models have emerged, each time offering more advanced tools for user interaction. LiveJournal, a site for keeping up with school friends, combined blogging and social networking features inspired by the WELL; Friendster was a social network that allowed for increased interaction and control by users; Myspace had open membership and gave users the freedom to customize their pages. In 2005, it—and its 25 million user base—was sold to News Corp. But within three years, Myspace had been surpassed by Facebook, which launched in 2004 for college students and opened to everyone in 2006.

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As that history shows, in the early days of the internet, disruption was profound and constant: New companies emerged in music, video, e-commerce, publishing, and telephony on an almost yearly basis. The internet appeared to be a space where competition could thrive.

Not anymore.

Today, disruption happens in much smaller ways. The examples are getting fewer because economies of scale have concentrated innovation in the hands of a few players.

More often, disruption comes from regulation—for better or, often, for worse. Current regulation attempts focus on the actions and behavior of some actors—chiefly Facebook—while creating unintended consequences for the internet, particularly fragmentation, or the splintering of the global internet into one that more closely hews territorial borders.

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It’s understandable that both the public and regulators might think that regulating “the internet” means focusing on the biggest players. Much of it has to do with the fact that users are often exposed to various types of illegal behavior and content through some of the most popular services that exist on the internet. Fix misinformation, or extremism, or ideological silos, or security on Facebook, the thinking goes, and you’ve fixed it on the internet as a whole.

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But this is an unhelpful and misguided narrative. First, the internet is not a monolith, so treating it as if it is simply will not work. Second, many of the issues regulators are trying to address are not internet problems; they are societal. Terrorism, child abuse, and mis- and disinformation are not an offspring of the internet; they existed before the internet, and they will continue to exist after it as they are ingrained in human societies. Yet, they are treated as if they are exclusively internet problems. Third, and most importantly, regulators should stop thinking of the internet as Facebook and treating it as such. In the internet regulatory landscape, there is a mixed bag of different issues, and Facebook’s involvement in all of them, direct or indirect, adds to the current complexity. Content moderation, privacy, intermediary liability, competition, encryption—these are all broader issues related to the internet, not just Facebook. Yet, the pattern that has emerged is to treat them as Facebook issues. What this means is that, instead of focusing on trying to address them in ways appropriate for the entire internet ecosystem, they are addressed through the Facebook lens. This has been quite accurately characterized as the “Facebook Derangement Syndrome.”

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The global regulatory agenda is replete with such examples. In the United Kingdom, the Online Safety legislation wants to ban end-to-end encryption because of Facebook’s plan to introduce it as a default setting in its Messenger service. On the other side of the Commonwealth, Australia recently introduced a media bargaining code mainly targeting Facebook. Facebook famously “left” the country before renegotiating a new agreement. Similarly, in what seems to be a coordinated effort, Canada has vowed to work with Australia in an attempt to impose regulatory restrictions on Facebook.

And this trend is not limited to the Commonwealth.

India’s new intermediary guidelines aim at tightening a regulatory grip on Facebook and its partner company WhatsApp while Brazil’s fake news bill, which got approved by the Senate, is focusing on content moderation on Facebook and traceability on WhatsApp. In France, there have been conversations about the introduction of “new rules” for Facebook, while Germany’s Network Enforcement Law—NetzDG—was drafted with the primary focus of taming Facebook. Finally, in the United States, the Trump administration issued an unsuccessful executive order that aimed to regulate Facebook for bias.

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This approach of limiting regulation to Facebook is not entirely unusual. It reflects the principal-agent conundrum that, over the years, has allowed companies like Facebook to  propose policies and deploy tools that can have an impact on the way regulation gets to be enforced. The principal-agent problem is predominantly characterized by conflict of interest and moral hazards. Due to information asymmetries, the agent holds the bargaining power, and this creates a few unknowns: The principal is in no position to know the information the agent holds. Even when she does, she cannot be certain that the agent is acting to her best interest. So, the principal ends up focusing squarely on the agent, disregarding any peripheral issues that might be significant.

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The principal-agent problem may help explain why governments appear ready to introduce regulation targeting Facebook; however, it does not help explain why, in the process of doing so, the main loser is the internet and its users.

Over the past couple of years, Facebook has said, “We support regulation,” and “we want updated internet regulations to set clear guidelines for addressing today’s toughest challenges.” This statement would be significant if it did not come across as self-serving. At this stage, regulation is inescapable and Facebook knows it—as does the rest of big tech. In an effort to adapt to this new reality, companies often take advantage of their dominant position to drive regulatory processes, often at the expense of regulation itself.

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In this context, the question we should be asking is not whether regulation is appropriate, but what are the real implications of regulating in such a manner? There is already an argument that focusing on a few, big players has an impact on the health of innovation and the ability of newcomers to compete. And, then, there is the internet. The internet’s global reach is one of its main strengths. It is a feature, not a bug. Among other things, it allows the maintenance of supply chains all over the world; it allows people to communicate; it lowers costs; and it makes information sharing easier, all the while helping to address societal issues like poverty or climate change.

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To this end, the attempt to regulate based on one—or a handful—of companies can jeopardize this very important goal of the internet. It can create fragmentation, in the sense of not allowing data to flow across borders or networks to interconnect, and this can be very real and have a very big impact. It can impose limits on the way information and data gets to be shared and the way networks may interoperate. These are significant trade-offs, and they must be part of any regulation’s process.

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So where do we go from here?

For sure, the answer cannot be to stop regulating. We must accept, however, that the current approach often generates unintended consequences that only superficially affect those who must be regulated.

In this light, a possible way forward is to experiment with regulation. Experimental regulation is a relatively underused approach, yet it is flexible enough to accommodate dynamic markets, like the internet. Originally associated with the work of John Dewey, this idea is premised on the fact that, in policymaking, the way we approach theories and strategies of justice depends on “the experience of their pursuit; it is these changes that then allow us to consider how best to achieve our objectives.” The advantage of this thinking is that it considers unintended consequences as an opportunity to better define appropriate regulatory frameworks and how to achieve the desired goals.

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Internet regulation does not experiment enough, and when it does, it appears to have the wrong focus. In Australia, for instance, the effort to ensure robust journalism in an age of disinformation in social media platforms led to a “link tax” that undermines the architecture, history, and economics of the internet. This is partly due to the role big tech companies play in the regulatory process. One of the immediate things one can observe with internet regulation is the process some actors deploy: In the beginning, they operate in favor of sustaining existing policies and bureaucracies. The thinking is that longevity brings legitimacy, and as a result, the policy becomes its own cause. Once this strategy is embedded in process, these powerful forces move toward pushing their own regulatory agenda.

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It is for this reason that there is a certain appeal toward flexible regulatory systems that allow different units to experiment with different approaches and make room for assessments that separate the relevant from the nonrelevant and preexisting rules. Although experimentation neither offers a drastic approach nor aims to replace traditional routes of regulation, it can limit the risks of politicization, as politics become more context focused.

One of the first things we need is an internet impact assessment that looks at the different parts of the internet’s infrastructure and the effect that regulation may have. It is no longer just about regulating a few actors. It is about protecting the global infrastructure that we all depend on daily.

The internet has a Facebook problem, but the internet is not Facebook.

This article represents the views of the author and not those of his employer, the Internet Society. Facebook is an organization member of the Internet Society.

Future Tense is a partnership of Slate, New America, and Arizona State University that examines emerging technologies, public policy, and society.

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LiveJournal was one of the series of social networking business models that emerged, offering more advanced tools for user interaction, after SixDegrees.com, the first real attempt at social networking, shut down in 1999.

LiveJournal evolved from a personal journaling application to a social networking platform, incorporating features that allowed users to interact with each other.

LiveJournal is a blog platform that allows users to publish their own and comment on others' posts, create collective blogs ("communities"), add friends, and follow their posts in a "friends' feed".

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Content: LiveJournal is back in Kazakhstan
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Anna VLADIMIROVA
Access to the "Live Journal" was restored after the administration of the LiveJournal blog platform executed the decisions of the judicial authorities of Kazakhstan on the removal of illegal materials posted on the resource.
Representatives of LiveJournal reported on the removal from the blogging platform of materials containing signs of propaganda of terrorism and religious extremism, public calls to commit acts of terrorism and the manufacture of explosive devices.
Earlier, the Saryarka court of Astana issued a decision to close access to the “Live Journal ” from August 20, 2011 due to the distribution of these materials.
As a result, the Committee of Communications, Informatization and Information of the Ministry of Investment and Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan decided to resume access to the resource on the territory of Kazakhstan from November 11 this year.
LiveJournal also plans to open a representative office in Kazakhstan and develop the Kazakhstan segment of the blogging platform.
For reference: “Live Journal ” is a blogging platform for keeping online diaries (blogs).
Provides the ability to publish your own and comment on other people ’ s records, conduct collective blogs (“communities ”), add other users to friends and follow their records in the“ friends feed ”.
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After Russian users could no longer use foreign social networks, where did they post their blogs?

The platform has features that enable social networking, such as adding friends and following their posts.

LiveJournal has a large user base and has been used for various purposes, including blogging and social networking.

After Russian users could no longer use foreign social networks, where did they post their blogs?

Unfortunately, the search results do not provide information on how Brad Fitzpatrick transformed a journaling application he created into a website others could use.

Unfortunately, the search results do not provide information on how Brad Fitzpatrick transformed a journaling application he created into a website others could use.

The search results also do not provide information on what made LiveJournal different from other blogging platforms and what led to its decline in popularity.

The search results also do not provide information on what made LiveJournal different from other blogging platforms and what led to its decline in popularity.

LiveJournal had a feature called 'friends' which allowed users to see posts from other users they had added as friends.

LiveJournal allowed users to customize their journal's layout and design using a variety of templates and customization options.

LiveJournal had a feature called 'communities' which allowed users to create and join groups based on shared interests.

The rise of social media platforms has led to a significant shift in the way people communicate, connect, and consume information.

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Content: Listen Live

Source: Anna Barclay / Getty

Donald Trump has made headlines by joining TikTok. This marks a surprising turn as he embraces the platform he previously sought to ban. Social media has transformed the way we communicate, connect, and consume information. As social media continues to adapt to technological advancements and user needs, its impact on society remains profound.

Overall, which platform is the most popular?

A recent study by marketing measurement platform Lifesight.io reveals the top 10 most popular social media platforms and their growth over the past five years.

Source: Moon Safari / Getty

Most Popular Social Media Platforms

  • YouTube: Leading the pack, YouTube saw a remarkable surge to 1.35 trillion visits in 2023, up from 263.3 billion in 2019. This is an 80.49% increase. This highlights YouTube’s dominance in video content consumption, particularly among male users. A majority access the platform via mobile devices.
  • TikTok: With the most dramatic rise, TikTok’s visits skyrocketed by 6015.0%, reaching 41.8 billion in 2023 from just 0.7 billion in 2019. This underscores TikTok’s rapid ascent as a mobile-centric platform, equally popular among male and female users.
  • Facebook: Despite losing its top spot, Facebook accumulated 216.4 billion visits in 2023, up 15.33% from 2019.
  • Twitter (X): Twitter’s visits grew to 112.9 billion in 2023, a 63.19% increase from 2019. Its appeal lies in real-time content, with a predominantly male user base favoring mobile access.
  • Instagram: Capitalizing on visual content trends, Instagram’s visits rose to 87.3 billion in 2023, a 62.40% increase. Its popularity is driven by its mobile-first design.
  • Reddit: With visits increasing to 81.0 billion in 2023, Reddit’s 68.72% growth underscores its role in community-driven content, attracting mainly male users with significant mobile traffic.
  • WhatsApp: Saw visits grow to 31.3 billion in 2023, a 68.72% increase, showing its broad appeal as a cross-platform communication tool.
  • LinkedIn: Reached 20.5 billion visits in 2023, a 59.41% growth, highlighting its importance in professional networking.
  • Twitch: Nearly doubled its visits to 20.0 billion in 2023, with a 48.14% increase, reflecting the rise in live streaming, particularly among gamers.
  • Quora: Grew by 60.25%, reaching 19.0 billion visits in 2023, demonstrating its growing relevance in knowledge sharing.

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Overall, from 2019 to 2023, the top 10 social media platforms experienced a 70.56% surge in visits, from 582.9 billion to 1.98 trillion. This indicates a significant increase in social media engagement. This growth was particularly pronounced in the US highlighting the nature of social media expansion.

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The rise of Facebook led to a decline in popularity of earlier social networking sites like Myspace and LiveJournal.

The concentration of innovation in the hands of a few large players, such as Facebook, has led to a decrease in disruption and competition in the tech industry.

The rise and fall of social media platforms can be attributed to the failure to adapt to changing trends, privacy concerns, intense competition, and the emergence of alternative platforms.

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Content: 23 / 06 / 2023 - 13: 25
The rise and fall of social networking sites: major projects that have faded over the past years
In recent years, the Internet has seen the rapid rise and subsequent disappearance of social media platforms, which according to studies can be attributed to the failure to adapt to changing trends, privacy concerns, intense competition, and the emergence of more alternatives.
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The rapid development of the digital age has brought many changes to the ways of communication over the past years, as the Internet world has witnessed the rise and fall of various communication sites, platforms that once flourished and flourished but eventually faded into oblivion.
In recent years, the Internet has seen the rapid rise and subsequent disappearance of social media platforms, which according to studies can be attributed to the failure to adapt to changing trends, privacy concerns, intense competition, and the emergence of more alternatives, which also indicate the rapid pace of technological progress and the need for continuous innovation.
MySpace has enjoyed unprecedented popularity during the mid-2000s, providing users with a platform to connect, share media and express themselves creatively, however, the decline of MySpace began when Facebook emerged as a dominant force in the social media landscape, studies show that MySpace failed to adapt to the changing preferences of their user base. This resulted in a loss of relevance and decreased user engagement.
Launched in 2004, Orkut was a pioneer in social networking, particularly in countries such as Brazil and India, and despite its early success, Orkut struggled to combat spam, privacy concerns and the rise of rival platforms such as Facebook and Twitter.
As studies indicate, the lack of innovation and failure to address these issues eventually led to their demise in 2014, which also happened with the site "First Messenger" which was once an integral part of the lives of many people on the Internet, allowing users to communicate in real time and facilitate conversations and enhance communication between users. Like WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger, they have wiped out the site ’ s last hope of survival, amidst this massive and rapid technological development.
In 2011, Google Plus was launched, which was aimed at competing with Facebook and creating a social network within Google ’ s ecosystem, and despite the company ’ s vast resources, it failed to attract a large user base, which led to the fall of the application in 2019, which led to the company ’ s closure of the project due to a decline in the number of users.
In another example, Vine had gained immense popularity with its unique six-second videos, which served as a breeding ground for budding creators and led to numerous viral trends, however, Vine ’ s downfall is attributed to its failure to monetize content effectively, and the emergence of rival and powerful platforms such as Instagram and Snapchat.
Delicious is a harsh example of the fall of a social media platform, where the site faced major challenges due to the lack of effective monetization strategies, and the emergence of new competitors on the platform, which led to a sharp decline in the user base, and ultimately sold and re-launched, under new ownership.

The primary factors contributing to the decline in popularity of LiveJournal are not explicitly mentioned in the documents, but the rise of other social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram is implied to have influenced the decline of older social media platforms.

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Content: Facebook, the world’s most popular social media site. For now. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)

Painful Truth: What happens after Facebook dies?

Do all social media apps suffer a death spiral after a certain point?

Someday, probably in the not-too-distant future, Facebook will no longer be the world’s biggest social media site.

That sounds sort of impossible right now. Facebook has just shy of three billion users right now. It has the kind of market penetration that previous examples of world-spanning companies – Coca-Cola, McDonald’s, Nike – could only dream of. It rakes in billions in revenue from ads, thanks to creating a digital space where people don’t just want to be, they have to be. Friendships, family connections, clubs, relationships, and even commerce all rely on Facebook to a considerable extent.

It’s starting to look like there’s a natural life cycle to social media companies.

Do you know what social media company had the most users in 2009? Just 13 years ago?

It was Myspace. That year, Facebook passed Myspace and continued its rocket-like ascent.

What happened to Myspace? Well, it wasn’t cool anymore. People left.

It seems that Mark Zuckerberg and other senior execs at second-generation social media firms like Facebook and Twitter thought that unlike Friendster and Myspace, they were creating virtual spaces that would endure. They’d be like Standard Oil or General Electric, companies with lifespans measured in generations.

But there was no evidence for this.

Facebook did grow and grow and grow. But its growth contained the seeds of its demise.

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Meta, Facebook’s parent company, has recently been modifying its social media kingdoms, including Instagram, to make them more like TikTok.

The upstart Chinese-founded video sharing site has been stealing market share away from Facebook for the past couple of years.

Worse, it’s been doing it in the most insidious and terrifying way possible – it’s popular with teenagers!

Facebook started among college kids and 20-somethings. It was for young people, and anything young people take up has an inherent frisson of hipness.

But those early users grew up – they’re now in their 30s and 40s – and also, their parents and grandparents joined up.

Great, more users! More connections! More ads! More money!

But Facebook forgot that once your grandma is sharing pics of her pugs, a certain level of coolness is lost forever. (Not to say anything bad about anyone’s grandma’s pugs. They’re definitely adorable!)

Facebook (and Instagram) seem destined to last for some years, maybe decades.

But the bloom is off the rose. The young people will migrate to TikTok, until it gets infested with corporations and uncool parents, and the next bright shiny thing beckons. Facebook will bleed users, and the fewer people who are there, the less reason there is for their friends to stay, and the process spirals forever downward, until it’s Myspace 2.0.

Meta thought it was building an institution. But it’s looking like social media is an ephemeral business model.

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The migration of users from LiveJournal to other social media platforms occurred due to various factors, including changes in the social and political landscape.

The migration of users from LiveJournal to other social media platforms occurred due to various factors, including changes in the social and political landscape.

The migration of users from LiveJournal to other social media platforms occurred due to various factors, including changes in the social and political landscape.

Users employed strategies such as adapting to new platforms, changing their tone of voice, and focusing on building strong relationships with their audience to maintain their online presence and community during the transition.

The transition led to a change in the tone of communication, with many users opting for a more neutral and respectful tone to avoid controversy and maintain their audience.

The transition led to a change in the tone of communication, with many users opting for a more neutral and respectful tone to avoid controversy and maintain their audience.

The transition led to a change in the tone of communication, with many users opting for a more neutral and respectful tone to avoid controversy and maintain their audience.

The importance of building strong relationships with the audience and maintaining a positive online reputation was emphasized by many users, who recognized that these factors were crucial for success in the new social media landscape.

Russian bloggers are migrating from foreign social media platforms to domestic ones, but this process requires time.

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Content: Sidoryuk: social networks of the Russian Federation are monetized, but it takes time for the “migration of bloggers ”
Russian bloggers, who are now massively switching to domestic social networks, do not start from scratch, but subscribers are still "lost," said Alexei Sidoryuk, director of Digital Transformation of Industries and Companies at ANO Digital Economy.
As the expert emphasized, the process of migration of subscribers and content authors themselves takes time.
However, monetizing your blogs in Russian social networks is more than real.
So, according to Sidoryuk, most of the users “settled ” in Telegram.
In second place "Vkontakte", and close statistics "Odnoklassniki".
“We see a big increase in both the authors and the amount of content.
And including colleagues today presented successful cases at the session, when a blogger with his audience was able to migrate to the platform and give a good monetization, ” the expert explained on the example of “VKontakte ” in an interview with the TV channel“ 360 ”.
However, you need to understand that, migrating from a foreign site to a domestic one, bloggers still suffer great losses not only in subscribers, but also in likes and content.
“We see examples of a large number of bloggers who have not been able to migrate to the social network.
They tried, but the process takes a long time.
You can not simultaneously transfer a million users, ” Sydoryuk concluded.
According to the expert, although the process is long, the prospect of Russian social networks and, accordingly, bloggers, is more than good.
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Many users have settled on Telegram, followed by VKontakte and then Odноклассники.

The migration process involves a loss of subscribers, likes, and content for bloggers.

It is possible for bloggers to monetize their content on Russian social media platforms.

The process of migrating a large audience from one platform to another is time-consuming and cannot be done instantly.

Despite the challenges, the prospects for Russian social media platforms and bloggers are good.

Some bloggers have successfully migrated to new platforms and achieved good monetization, as evidenced by successful case studies presented by experts.

The number of authors and content on Russian social media platforms is increasing.

LiveJournal combined blogging and social networking features, allowing for unique user interactions and community building.

LiveJournal's features were inspired by the WELL, a earlier online community.

LiveJournal was a site for keeping up with school friends, which differentiated it from other early social networking platforms.

In contrast to LiveJournal, Friendster allowed for increased interaction and control by users, while Myspace gave users the freedom to customize their pages.

LiveJournal and other early social networking platforms, such as SixDegrees.com, Friendster, and Myspace, paved the way for later platforms like Facebook.

The decline of LiveJournal can be attributed to its failure to adapt to changing trends, privacy concerns, and intense competition from other platforms.

The rise of Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram contributed to the decline of other social media platforms, including LiveJournal, as users shifted their attention to these newer platforms.

Myspace, one of the pioneers in social networking, lost popularity when Facebook emerged as a dominant force in the social media landscape.

Myspace failed to adapt to the changing preferences of its user base, leading to a decline in user engagement and eventual loss of relevance.

The lack of innovation and failure to address user concerns led to the demise of other early social networking sites like Orkut.

Google+, launched in 2011, failed to attract a large user base despite significant resources, and was eventually shut down in 2019 due to low user numbers.

The rise of smartphones and messaging apps like WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger led to the decline of older messaging platforms like AOL Messenger.

Vine, a platform known for its short-form videos, failed to effectively monetize its content and was ultimately surpassed by competing platforms like Instagram and Snapchat.

Delicious, a social bookmarking site, faced significant challenges due to a lack of effective monetization strategies and the emergence of new competitors, leading to a sharp decline in user base and eventual sale and relaunch under new ownership.

Facebook's popularity has declined, with a drop in daily users for the first time in its history, resulting in a loss of over $300 billion in market value.

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What is the future of Facebook in its current state?
Bloomberg published a report on the status of the Facebook platform in recent times and decline in popularity amid fierce competition from other social networking platforms, and changing user interest in general.
And still Meta, the owner of Facebook, in the forefront of companies operating in the field of social networking, where the platform Facebook alone has 1.93 billion users per day, in addition to large numbers of users of the platforms Instagram and WhatsApp of the same company.
But for the first time since its founding nearly two decades ago, Facebook faced a decline in the number of daily users, and this happened during the fourth quarter of last year 2021, which led to a decline in its market value, where it lost more than $300 billion of that value.
This reinforced the view that Facebook ’ s best days are over, and that it is now in the process of descending and no longer ascending as before.
Facebook faces very strong competition from platforms such as YouTube and Snapchat.
As well as modern platforms such as TikTok and Discord, as well as chat platforms that do not seem to be a competitor to the blue giant.
Feed is no longer enough.
Although Fayed has remained the dominant and fundamental aspect of the social network, it has always competed with other ways of social networking to rely heavily on many of those methods such as private messaging, video, and virtual reality in search of a way to stay ahead of the curve and meet changing tastes.
The challenges have not only come from a lack of product development, but often come from the damage the company has done to itself.
After the privacy issues and trust crisis, some users began to look for other platforms where messages and images get more privacy and protection.
According to a survey by Forrester Research, 66% of U.S. adults used Facebook in 2021, down from 69% in the past.
As for the young population, where Facebook faces stronger competition, statistics show that the decline is taking place at a higher pace.
Only 49% of 18-24 year olds used the platform in 2021, up from 55% a year earlier.
In contrast, TikTok became more popular than Facebook for the first time.
Meta's problem.
Meta ’ s problem is that it needs to address more than one point, said Mike Prolox, research director at Forrester.
Rival platforms like TikTok have come up with new ways to get people to share their content, such as allowing them to post a music video or clip of them looking at someone else ’ s post, prompting Meta to try to mimic the new features.
In addition to privacy concerns, Heard Meta has been damaged by the idea that Facebook has become a place filled with older people, making it less appealing to teenagers.
Resist to the last breath
CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been preparing for such a shift for years: his company paid $19 billion to buy WhatsApp in 2014 to develop its private messaging service.
About a month later, he bought virtual reality company Oculus, demonstrating his belief that video-based communication was one of a growing number of ways for people to share content.
In 2019, Mark said that private messaging would replace Fed-based interactions as the main way people interact on company services.
“I expect future versions of Messenger and WhatsApp to become the main ways for people to connect on Facebook. ”
Private messaging has undoubtedly grown in popularity around the world in recent years.
Messaging apps were used by about 3.1 billion people in 2021, an increase of 500 million compared to 2019.
This figure is expected to grow by about 400 million in 2025.
Meta ’ s messaging platforms appear to be more resilient than their traditional network product.
Perhaps the main credit for this is the increased use of smartphones around the world, but the growing interest in privacy has pushed people to services that are often ad-free and provide encryption, and the company can blame itself for this for its practice.
Competition in private messaging is intensifying.
Despite WhatsApp ’ s global lead with more than 2 billion users globally, and its superiority in countries such as Brazil and India, it faces very strong competition from superior services in Asia such as Line in Japan, Kakao in South Korea and WeChat in China.
Messenger, Meta ’ s other private messaging service, saw the number of users drop by more than 20 percent in both Japan and South Korea in 2021, although Meta does not operate in China, according to a Bloomberg report.
Mark acknowledged that TikTok is a fierce competitor to Meta, noting that short videos are becoming increasingly popular with younger users.
Mark said people have a lot of choices about whether they want to spend their time, and apps like TikTok are growing very fast.
In contrast, the report finds that Mark deliberately talks about facing stiff competition to promote the idea that Meta is not a monopoly in the face of an antitrust case before federal courts in the United States.
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The decline in Facebook's popularity is attributed to increased competition from other social media platforms such as YouTube, Snapchat, TikTok, and Discord.

Social media companies may have a natural life cycle, with a growth phase followed by a decline in popularity.

The rise of new social media platforms can lead to a decline in popularity of existing ones, as users migrate to newer, trendier sites.

TikTok has been gaining market share from Facebook, particularly among teenagers.

Meta, Facebook's parent company, has been modifying its social media platforms, including Instagram, to make them more like TikTok.

Recent surveys and research have shown a decline in the number of social media users who regularly post on their accounts.

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Content: Wednesday, 10 January 2024 03: 24 GMT
Surveillance without publication.
Is the age of social media over?
(MENAFN- Alghad Newspaper) Recent surveys and research have shown a decline in the number of social media users who post regularly on their accounts.
As reported by Sky News Arabia.
Monitoring without publication
Billions of people use social media, but a large number of them are posting less and preferring a “more negative experience, ” putting them in a“ no-post ” surveillance mode.
In an October report from data intelligence firm Morning Consult, 61 percent of U.S. adults with social media accounts said they were “becoming more selective about what they post. ”
The reasons for this decline are different, some say: “They feel they can ’ t control the content they see, others say they are becoming more reluctant to share their lives online, and some say the fun and the flow of social media has faded. ”
In response to this decline, the Wall Street Journal notes that the companies that own these social sites are investing more in “private experiences ” for users, by encouraging them to share details of their lives with only people close to them, as is the case with the“ Close Friends ” feature on Instagram.
Adam Mosseri, head of Instagram, revealed in July that users of the app spend most of their time in direct messaging.
Is the age of social media over?
Pamela Routledge, director of the independent Media Psychology Research Center, said: “Recent events, such as the war in Gaza, have made users hesitant to share their views publicly for fear of retaliation and judgment.
Kevin Tran, a media and entertainment analyst at Morning Consult, said that a number of users have come to believe that social apps are only sources of entertainment, such as YouTube and Netflix.
In a survey conducted in the US last summer, research firm Gartner found that more than half of respondents believe that the quality of social media has declined in the past five years.
They cited misinformation and the proliferation of robots as reasons for this decline.
Gartner estimates, published on its official website, reveal that 50 percent of users will either give up or significantly limit their interactions with social media over the next two years.
Insider Intelligence predicts that the monthly number of X users worldwide will drop by 5 percent this year, and says the causes are “technical problems and offensive content. ”
There are also major concerns about the expected impact of the use of generative AI in social media, with more than 7 in 10 users agreeing that further integration of GenAI into social sites will harm the user experience.
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61% of American adults with social media accounts say they have become more selective about what they post.

The reasons for this decline are varied, including feelings of lack of control over the content they see, increased hesitation to share their lives online, and a decrease in the enjoyment of social media.

Companies that own social media sites are investing more in 'private experiences' for users, such as sharing details of their lives with only close friends.

Instagram users spend most of their time in direct messages.

More than half of the participants in a US survey believe that the quality of social media has declined in the past five years, citing fake information and the spread of robots as reasons.

50% of users are expected to either abandon or significantly reduce their interactions with social media sites over the next two years.

The number of monthly users on the 'X' (formerly Twitter) platform is expected to decrease by 5% globally this year due to technical issues and poor content.

There are concerns about the impact of generative AI on social media, with over 7 out of 10 users agreeing that increased integration of GenAI will harm the user experience.