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People said this shit about Myspace.

Everyone was all "facebook is so small and everyone has a myspace and you can't even put music on your page or change it's color" and NOW look at it. The news feed, like button and real names destroyed Myspace. Things like circles, huddle and not being facebook give google+ a big ups in my book and I wouldn't be surprised at all if it took over in a few years.

MySpace was nowhere near the saturation level that Facebook is now. People's moms and dads and teachers and aunties and neighbors were not on MySpace. If you think that comparing the MySpace > Facebook exodus to this is anything but retarded, you've been asleep for the last 4 years. The world has changed.

Also, http://circlehack.com - Facebook circles written by a FB engineer in less than 24 hours of + existing publically.

I don't want to come off like a FB fanboy, I actually really like + and will use it a lot, but it really is game over in the social space.

[Josh]

Bullshit. Nothing is on top forever.

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Of course not. The next 5 to 10 years though?

[Josh]

I don't know, man. It's been on top long enough that the hip are looking for something to replace it. It's not "cool" anymore.

3 years, I think. Maybe less?

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My point is that the 'hip' don't matter anymore. 750 million active accounts, man, and growing.

Anyone wanna take a 2,3,5 year bet? This time in 201whatever, Facebook is still the number 1 online social network, in terms of active users. $100.00 right here. You know I'm serious / good for it.

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Wait till China gets on board (another area where + is going to have a really hard time).

[Drewbacca]

Actually for the first time since its inception Facebook didn't grow at all last quarter except in newer markets. There is a critical mass for these things - and newness / tools are what drives their success. I'm not saying Google+ is a shoe-in as a Facebook killer. But eventually it will happen. I personally hope it's a brand new company. Facebook and Twitter have given Google a shot in the arm. I wouldn't go by subscribers as the key measure of success, either. I mean even now MySpace still has a buttload of active memberships, too, but is it relevant? Not a lick.

Technology is so much faster now than it was in just 2008. Imagine where we'll be in 2014/15. And it's only going to get faster. And the tech smaller (smart phones the size of nanotechnology, etc.) Nature of the beast.

Wait till China gets on board (another area where + is going to have a really hard time).

Facebook isn't even the Facebook of China. Ren Ren is.

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except in newer markets

That's a really fucking big exception.

And slower growth still means growth.

[Drewbacca]

No, because new markets are not saturated. It's fair to say Facebook is going to have growth in Germany with its millions of people and 0 market saturation. People are inevitably going to join. The test is key markets. (namely NA for web tech) In this way business is retarded, though. It's not safe to assume one month of stalling growth is a death knell to begin with. But I was just sayin'. No business is guaranteed safety if they stagnate. Maybe FB will revamp itself with tools we all love in the upcoming months/years. Specifics in tech are mostly all guesswork.

[Wildkat]

Gotta just select the music folder, son.

Anyway... There is a song limit? I haven't uploaded my shit yet.

I think its 20K Songs.

Ive been using google music since they launched because I had work's Xoom on my Google Acct.

Works awesome, but doesn't support bluetooth track skip commands. Would also be awesome if I could send the audio out to a DLNA media renderer.