Comments on: Facebook trends mirror epidemic pattern of growth and decline http://www.bitgroup.com/bitgroup-blog/2009/02/12/facebook-trends-mirror-epidemic-pattern-of-growth-and-decline/ Choose to Read. Thu, 04 Nov 2010 06:38:54 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Peter Shuey http://www.bitgroup.com/bitgroup-blog/2009/02/12/facebook-trends-mirror-epidemic-pattern-of-growth-and-decline/comment-page-1/#comment-27245 Peter Shuey Sun, 13 Jun 2010 16:18:33 +0000 http://blog.bitgroup.com/?p=79#comment-27245 I enjoyed reading this article! Thank you so much for sharing it! I enjoyed reading this article! Thank you so much for sharing it!

]]> By: David Boucher http://www.bitgroup.com/bitgroup-blog/2009/02/12/facebook-trends-mirror-epidemic-pattern-of-growth-and-decline/comment-page-1/#comment-4232 David Boucher Tue, 14 Apr 2009 20:30:49 +0000 http://blog.bitgroup.com/?p=79#comment-4232 Hi Steffan, Hope all is well with you, definitely a thought provoking article, but I think they could have taken the metaphor a bit farther. I am NOT a microbiologist, but it is my understanding that as infectious organisms evolve, they become less and less lethal so that they can maximize the long term viability of the organisms type. By that measure, 25 things was a bit of an evolutionary dead end (in that it is effectively "over"). My thought is that just as some formerly infectious organisms have now evolved to a state where they have a symbiotic relationship with the host, the ultimate evolutionary state of a Facebook meme would be to become a feature or application. In an case, thanks for the pointer to the article. Dave Hi Steffan,

Hope all is well with you, definitely a thought provoking article, but I think they could have taken the metaphor a bit farther. I am NOT a microbiologist, but it is my understanding that as infectious organisms evolve, they become less and less lethal so that they can maximize the long term viability of the organisms type. By that measure, 25 things was a bit of an evolutionary dead end (in that it is effectively “over”). My thought is that just as some formerly infectious organisms have now evolved to a state where they have a symbiotic relationship with the host, the ultimate evolutionary state of a Facebook meme would be to become a feature or application. In an case, thanks for the pointer to the article.

Dave

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