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- Facebook is infact full of old people. People are stuck using it because most people have it.

- Tumblr is twitter with better photo/video/audio focus, and no 128 char limit.

- Snapchat is a messaging program with a 'in the moment' or 'hey check out what's going on over here' type focus. Sorta sharing a portal into your current situation with friends.

- Reddit works better if you unsubscribe from the +100,000 subscriber reddits. Signal:Noise degrades with the larger groups. Smaller niche or alternative subreddits work much better.

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> - Facebook is infact full of old people. People are stuck using it because most people have it.

Yeah, and most people I know really only use it for chat, and only out of convenience.

I will occasionally use FB to post pictures and content to curate my public image in case people want to search for me, and most of the people I see on news feed appear to be doing the same thing. The rest are posting stupid content which they will regret making public in 10 years.

Personally, I'm still trying to find a social networking tool which provides truly transient, private communication which is securely deleted and not logged or mined by the company providing the service. Snapchat seems to come closest to this model, but the fact that it is limited to mobile and it's weak encryption prevent it from being used for actually meaningful conversations.

try diaspora. its missing a chat service, but skype and others cover that. missing a photo management service, but no possibility of security sweeps on account of its distributed nature. No adverts or spam and secure as you want, you only share with whatever aspect you like, public, private or with groups.. Simple

Diaspora, much as I like the concept, is full of woo and crazy.

Not quite sure how Facebook is in fact full of old people. If all your friends are "old people", then your facebook is full of "old people." If your friends are "young people", how do the "old people" bother you?

Facebook is what you make of it. If every person you've ever met is your "Friend" then it'll be noisy. If someone posts stuff too much, block them or even unfriend. It's hard to understand complaints when they literally allow you to manage who you're friends with.

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