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Psycho King
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Of course social media isn't a fad. Some sources of social media may be fads, but the whole phenomenon is not.
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Flight From Ashiya
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Definitely a social revolution has taken place in the 21st century.How permanent & long lasting these social networking sites become remains to be seen?.They predicted the abolition of money (paper & cash currency) & it hasn't happened.They predict the end of books,newspapers & magazines but people still want to buy them.I think that some of the more 'fad' aspects of social networking will fade away & people will switch off their computers put the dog on a lead & get a healthy walk to the local bar to meet up with friends & strangers alike for a good old fashioned face-to-face chat;like they enjoyed doing in the 20th century!. 
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Psycho King
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People still want to buy books and magazines, but newspapers, not so much. Newspapers are dying, one by one; the ones who make themselves a presence on the web are the ones who will survive, but not as a physical "paper." They will be "news-sites."
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melvin_m_melvin
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| Flight From Ashiya wrote: |
| They predicted the abolition of money (paper & cash currency) & it hasn't happened.They predict the end of books,newspapers & magazines but people still want to buy them... |
Hard currency is still around but one could argue that it shouldn't be: cumbersome and unhealthy (germ-passing), although there's still no subsitute for being paid cash-in-hand, is there?
Books and mags are still around because people - including me - love to "own" their own copy - the same reason why people still take and file copious unnecessary paper copies of documents that would probably suffice in soft copy.
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Flight From Ashiya
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| Flight From Ashiya wrote: |
| They predicted the abolition of money (paper & cash currency) & it hasn't happened.They predict the end of books,newspapers & magazines but people still want to buy them... |
Hard currency is still around but one could argue that it shouldn't be: cumbersome and unhealthy (germ-passing), although there's still no subsitute for being paid cash-in-hand, is there?
Books and mags are still around because people - including me - love to "own" their own copy - the same reason why people still take and file copious unnecessary paper copies of documents that would probably suffice in soft copy.
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Absolutely Melv.Most of the printed matter I purchase is Retro & pre-1980 (except 1980s British 'Mad' Magazines with your gags & articles in them! ) but I like to read today's newspaper,get the regular t.v. listings mag & I am always on the lookout for any new autobiographies of faded stars!!.
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