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> That's why the kids always go to the newest thing: Snapchat and now Tictoc.

Even Tiktok is getting long in the tooth, 4 years old in the International market. I would expect the next hot new thing will launch soon.

> Even Tiktok is getting long in the tooth, 4 years old in the International market.

Damn, if I needed proof I'm getting old...

For my kids (13 & 15), Discord is the big thing. And YouTube for passive consumption.

Discord is just for chatting with people. I would not put it in the same category as Youtube, TikTok, or Facebook

Perhaps not, but it's what they use instead of Facebook.

I'm wondering if Facebook will try to spin off another network, or maybe a different frontend on top of the Facebook/IG networks, to get rid of the Facebook branding problem altogether.

My (outside) impression is this is what PayPal did with Venmo. Venmo wasn't functionally superior, just "not your parent's money app".

We see the pattern in retail clothing. Parent companies recycle smaller brands through a multi-year trend cycle and raise up new brands when the last one gets too old.

They can always copy Circles functionality from Google+.