likewise, political discussions on Facebook leading up to the last election cycle killed any impetus that I may have to get into arguments with anyone. I never particularly thought that LJ was suitable for that either, but my urge to use LJ as a soapbox is just dead, dead, dead.

I don't think people are going to keep flocking to Facebook. Most of what I've been seeing in Internet and tech/social media circles is that most college-aged kids are now on Tumblr/Instagram and consider Facebook as some place to keep in touch with their grandparents and older cousins. Basically, the loop has closed back into distributed platforms for posting content, but now with all of the liking, reposting, dopamine enhancing positive reinforcements of how we like you that's built into FB.