Tbf, none of them really became entrenched in society until they had apps on smartphones with the perk that most of their userbase was glued to their account 24/7 with instant gratification via push notifications on a device that was rarely more than 2 or 3 feet away.
One could argue smartphones actually killed myspace, or was at least the final nail in the coffin, but facebook was bland af and soulless from the beginning and easily adapted its boring UI to smartphone users.
Same with eHarmony other older dating sites vs all the swipe right/left dating apps.
The smart phone is my singular most hated piece of technology that we've created so far.
Social media/dating apps are worse. They are the real cancer to society.
Tbf, none of them really became entrenched in society until they had apps on smartphones with the perk that most of their userbase was glued to their account 24/7 with instant gratification via push notifications on a device that was rarely more than 2 or 3 feet away.
One could argue smartphones actually killed myspace, or was at least the final nail in the coffin, but facebook was bland af and soulless from the beginning and easily adapted its boring UI to smartphone users.
Same with eHarmony other older dating sites vs all the swipe right/left dating apps.
Exactly. None of those things were really a problem until you remove the opportunity cost of having to sit down at a computer to login.
Now we have a whole society of heroin addicts and everyone's just walking around as if nothing is wrong.