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I think it's too big to fade into obscurity at this point. I imagine it'll go the way of Google, ie keeping its same basic service (social networking) and ironing out kinks as the market changes, but expanding into who-knows-what other services.

@littlebittyhouse: no, I agree. I kind of miss when Facebook was a bit more up-and-coming, and not as overpopulated. Now and everyone and their mom (literally) is on Facebook.

My college had to petition to be allowed on FB! Facebook was pretty new when I was a college sophomore and I think I was a senior by the time I was able to join. At the time, only my college network could see my profile. Now everything is public (unless you change it). I miss the simplicity of things.

I think they will continue to market toward younger generations and let their original customer base drop off. I know as i get older and dont go out party/bar hopping on the weekend I post less and less.

With our pregnancy still under wraps i think about how i want to handle social media as it becomes less of a secret. Over the past few weeks I have been unfriending anyone who i no longer see/communicate with in real life. I have dramatically decreased the number of pictures/album i've posted and untagged myself from as many photos as i could. I've tightened my security as well.

We've decided to not make the pregnancy facebook public and i will threaten friends and family that if they post things on FB i will be deleting the post and unfriending them as well. This may seem harsh but i no longer reap the benefits i once did and i feel like i'm only going to have a short window of my little ones life before they begin to show an interest in creating their own social media.