[NewHermes]

I am a 23 year old at a large state school and I can tell you that snapchat is definitely the most popular social media app on campus.

It has completely replaced texting for a lot of my peers and in my opinion is best way to flirt electronically. Twitter and instagram are tied for second, with Facebook coming in last.

For what its worth, meeting someone who isn't on snapchat is unheard of, but I haven't added anyone on facebook since the fall term began.

Yik Yak is also on the rise but it's anonymous nature limits connections, and in turn growth.

[cobookman]

Even though there's a lot of users on Yik Yak, I feel like snapchat doesn't follow the 1% rule (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1%25_rule_%28Internet_culture%2...).

On yik yak their's a lot of lookers, but few posters. On Snapchat everyone is creating/viewing content. Its become the replacement to texting. Shall I dare say its the whatsapp of American 18-25 year olds.

[wahsd]

I feel like Facebook is flaming out. Do you get that sense too?

[cobookman]

Yes. I used to think that facebook would still keep getting life events/friend checkups. But my friends have slowly been moving that to snapchat.

Just get married, snapchat that wedding ring (then post to facebook later a status update).

I still use facebook for events/groups. But I can see someone stealing that away from them.

[NewHermes]

I think Facebook is becoming a virtual contact list and birthday reminder, with status updates and pictures acting like mini holiday cards for events that are noteworthy but not significant enough to actually send out a card for(getting into grad school/new job).

Pretty much everyone is on Facebook under their real name, and it is the only social media platform where that is the case. The management consultant in me has a feeling that data is going to be worth a lot of money.

Google might know a lot about my interests but Facebook has my real name, real school, real job, as well as my interests.

[giarc]

Maybe, however for me, I haven't found anything that has replaced full albums of events (vacation, wedding, new baby). Or atleast haven't found anything that has had enough adoption to justify me leaving FB.