In a word; probably.
But this
certainly comes as no surprise. A lot of the social networking crazes die down
with time, like MySpace and Digg did, with people losing interest in them as
they run their course and fizzle out. The Google Plus and Facebook debate isn’t
a new one, with experts having said that Facebook will run its course and be
overtaken by Google Plus from about two years ago. And their prediction is
slowly coming true.
Fewer and
fewer people are signing up for Facebook and many of those who already have it
have deactivated their accounts for various reasons. There was a time when
Facebook was all the rage and it led without competition in the social network
arena, with Twitter not even coming close to its popularity.
One of the
major pros of Google Plus is its customizable news feed which allows you to
select the news that you want to see – so you don’t have to see someone post a
pre-workout selfie if you don’t want to. Since its launch in 2011, Google Plus
has been through countless layout changes to arrive at what it is now. By
choosing who you want in your circles, you are able to filter the content that
you receive.
Facebook,
however, is definitely not going to go out without a fight. Although its users
have drastically declined over the past few years, its loyal fans don’t seem to
desire any other site for sharing their lives with others. But when Facebook
switched from having user Profiles to Timelines, many of its users lost their
faith in the site.
It does
basically come down to one’s own preferences though. Some think that Facebook
is easy and simple to use and allows access to a huge user database. But others
think that Google Plus is the better social medium, for its neater interface
and simply because it is run by Google – which many consider to be less malevolent
than Facebook in terms of privacy and security.
There are
immeasurable comparisons between the two social sites. Experts are also now
saying that Facebook could lose 80% of its users by 2017, which isn’t too far
away. Facebook is losing is popularity with youngsters especially for its
privacy risks and its tendency to evoke unwanted social drama. Many feel that
it has become a bit of a burden to have. Google Plus was reported by Forbes to
be trailing very closely to Facebook last year at number 2 of the most used
social platforms, with YouTube at number 3. So only time will tell now as to
whether Google Plus is really the next big thing in social networking.
