People think in terms of minutes, hours & days....Business runs in weeks, months & years the internet grows in leaps bounds, and sputters ..... a dip in traffic for a site that is still growing exponentially (in most areas) is nothing more than a sputter that will regain its focus, direction and grow ever more dominant.
When Facebook launched, we all came and played with it. Was it cool? Kind of. What is useful? Sort of. Was it indispensable? Not really. When I am thirsty, I enjoy the first coke can. Then second I enjoy too, but less. The third I can drink, but the forth one is going to burst out. This law is called the law of diminishing marginal utility. And thats why the traffic is down.
As I’ve written recently on Read/WriteWeb there are various issues, including the whole information overload bit. But what is at play here, I think, is the simple law of economics. It goes like this:
Yes, Facebook is good. Yes, they build the platform. Yes, people are excited. But how much can be excited about it and for how long?
I don’t get why people are surprised about Facebook traffic dip.
How many people really need Facebook and want to use it? I know that I am using it, but I am busy and do not want to use it all the time. |
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