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Five Things That Could Kill Facebook

by Mark Evans on Apr 23, 2009

For all the excitement about Facebook%u2019s explosive growth, it somehow feels like a huge fad that could disappear or, at least, dissipate, if something cooler comes rumbling over the horizon. When parents and businesses start embracing Facebook, it%u2019s probably the time for the new %u201Cbar%u201D down the street to suddenly get %u201Chot%u201D.

Based on posts by Brad Feld and Fred Wilson, here%u2019s my list of why Facebook could go from fast-growing to so yesterday sooner than we think:

1. The evolution of its business model: What many people like about Facebook is it has a clean, easy-to-access look and feel. You log in, you quickly see what%u2019s been happening in your world, you do your thing. What happens when Facebook starts to introduce more advertising into the mix so it can start taking advantage of its billions of pageviews? Suddenly, the lean look disappears as the business model starts to move onto the scene.

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