Wednesday, May 1, 2013

FB: Is Facebook Falling Apart?

Is Facebook Falling Apart?
by StockBaller

Facebook (FB) remains the dominant social network, but many are now questioning whether it will be able to maintain its member numbers as new services such as Instagram (owned by FB) and Path (a mobile-phone based social network) gain traction. A recent story in The Guardian entitled Facebook loses millions of users as biggest markets peak states that, according to "independent data" from SocialBakers (an analysis firm), FB has lost millions of users per month in its biggest markets, though later SocialBakers states that their figures are rough estimates only. The Guardian also cites analysts at Jefferies bank, whose algorithm that interacts with Facebook "suggests user levels in [the first quarter] may have declined from peak", and comScore, which apparently has found that the number of minutes the average American spends on Facebook has declined slightly. read more »

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