May 17, 2013

Will Facebook Go the Way of MySpace?

“Look out Facebook!” Tweeted Rupert Murdoch on the occasion of Facebook’s one-year anniversary of its botched IPO.

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“Look out Facebook!” tweeted Rupert Murdoch on the occasion of Facebook’s one-year anniversary of its botched IPO. “Hours spent participating per member dropping seriously,” he continued. “First really bad sign as seen by crappy MySpace years ago.”

What do you think? Is so-called “Facebook fatigue” real?

Will Facebook go the way of MySpace?

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