http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2006/09/facebook-now-open-to-all.html Internet Marketing News Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:56:04 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2006/09/facebook-now-open-to-all.html/comment-page-1#comment-39228 Mike Mothner Tue, 08 Jan 2008 22:49:51 +0000 http://localhost:8888/wp_import/2006/09/facebook-now-open-to-all.htm#comment-39228 Although only time will tell, I believe that opening up Facebook to the general public could backfire on the seemingly immortal the social network. By removing the exclusivity factor, Facebook becomes more like MySpace which appears to be on the decline. By keeping Facebook exclusively for high school students, college students, and recent grads, they were effectively targeting the 15 to 25 year-old group, a demographic that spends more time on social networks than any other. Yet, with the decision to make Facebook available to all, I believe it may lose grounding among the younger users. Although only time will tell, I believe that opening up Facebook to the general public could backfire on the seemingly immortal the social network. By removing the exclusivity factor, Facebook becomes more like MySpace which appears to be on the decline. By keeping Facebook exclusively for high school students, college students, and recent grads, they were effectively targeting the 15 to 25 year-old group, a demographic that spends more time on social networks than any other. Yet, with the decision to make Facebook available to all, I believe it may lose grounding among the younger users.

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