Obviously, everyone has really forgotten about MySpace and Friendster and all the social sites along the lines of history. If another company can come along and do it better, people will flee FB quicker than rats leaving a sinking ship. A lot of people thought Twitter was going to be the newest craze, until it just stagnated as a public SMS site and didn't develop any further. It was just like having a FB wall, without all the Farmville posts.
Now if the almighty Google can introduce something similar to FB, integrate something new into it but generically keep it close to the format of FB, they will easily draw at least casual gamers away from FB. If they wanted to make it easier, they could simply have you import things from FB to their new service. If you registered on FB through Gmail, you already know what I am talking about.
I'm confident it wouldn't take much to unseat FB from its' current throne. If they combine 3D avatars (like XBL), the casual gaming platform (like FB), and the social aspect (like Twitter), they could cobble together a monster to topple the FB behemoth.
I use FB to check up on friends and advertise, so I check in on it once a day and play a couple of games while I'm there to kill some time in the evenings before my friends show up online. I'm not addicted or married to the site, and welcome someone else coming along to bring a fresh perspective to that area already. FB had a good run, but it is time for something new. Twitter is going to crash and burn soon enough and doesn't have the influence to take over anything. If Google makes their social site integrate easily with Android, they would attract people a lot easier anyhow.
Now if the almighty Google can introduce something similar to FB, integrate something new into it but generically keep it close to the format of FB, they will easily draw at least casual gamers away from FB. If they wanted to make it easier, they could simply have you import things from FB to their new service. If you registered on FB through Gmail, you already know what I am talking about.
I'm confident it wouldn't take much to unseat FB from its' current throne. If they combine 3D avatars (like XBL), the casual gaming platform (like FB), and the social aspect (like Twitter), they could cobble together a monster to topple the FB behemoth.
I use FB to check up on friends and advertise, so I check in on it once a day and play a couple of games while I'm there to kill some time in the evenings before my friends show up online. I'm not addicted or married to the site, and welcome someone else coming along to bring a fresh perspective to that area already. FB had a good run, but it is time for something new. Twitter is going to crash and burn soon enough and doesn't have the influence to take over anything. If Google makes their social site integrate easily with Android, they would attract people a lot easier anyhow.