Social networking sites are like nightclubs?

[randomness]

marginaleye, referencing the MySpace to Facebook to Google+ trend: "I fear, however, the horrible possibility that social networking is going to be a perpetual treadmill of pursuing the 'in crowd' and fleeing prole drift, stretching out from here to infinity."

Well, it is how clubbing seems to go. Some dance clubs do last a while, but the crowd does seem to follow the trendiest new place. So there is some social precedent here.

I suppose if one was creating a social networking site one might keep that particular dynamic in mind.

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[r-ness.livejournal.com]

How's fetlife doing?

From all I hear, reasonably well. It's not just goth clubs, either. I think clubs which serve a niche can last quite a long time. This is probably good news for ravelry, for example.

But the general audience clubs seem last a lot less long, and those are much more like the Six Degrees/MySpace/Facebook/Google+ of the world.

I wonder if someone's going to come up with an equivalent to raves.

[bloodstones.livejournal.com]

So, a social networking site that specializes in discussing, sharing, and selling drugs, OONTZ, and blinky lights?

Also, I agree about the niche markets. Still goth related, but isn't that how the ceos of hot topic figured out that their perfect market was suburban malls?