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Social networking: Is your use of Twitter and Facebook declining
- February 11, 2010 1:09 PM |
- By POV
Communications experts say they aren't surprised by at least one recent study suggesting the number of people signing up for social networking sites may have peaked.
The research suggests Twitter may be losing some of its tweet, Facebook could one day fall flat and MySpace could eventually become meaningless.
While networking sites such as Twitter are still growing at lightning speed -- the sign-up rate for new users has slowed significantly, according to a recent statistical analysis by RJMetrics.
University of Calgary communications and culture Prof. Maria Bakardjieva said the internet's social networking space is crowded and fluid, and what was in fashion yesterday can be out of fashion tomorrow.
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