In what would seem like the extinct
of the written word on social media,
Facebook Vice President has
proclaimed that the social network
will be dominated by video rather
than text in the near future.

Following CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s
sentiments toward visual media,
Facebook’s Nicola Mendelsohn made
the revelation at a conference in
London on Tuesday. Mendelsohn said
Facebook would “definitely” be
mobile, and would “probably” be an
“all video” in the span of a half-
decade.

IT IS JUST GETTING
EXCITING:

Video Communication has become
extremely popular in recent years,
So don’t be surprise that Facebook
will be making a switch on it’s
platform.

“The best way to tell
stories in this world, where so much
information is coming at us, actually
is video,” stated Mendelsohn, who
heads the company’s operations in
Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.

“It conveys so much more
information in a much quicker
period. So actually the trend helps
us to digest much more
information.”



Considering Facebook’s push into
live-streaming, the statement
won’t come as much of a surprise to
users of the social network.

Facebook has also rolled out a few
relevant updates with the aim of
specifically increasing the adoption
of video on its platform. Firstly, in
March, it modified its News Feed
algorithm to bestow more
prominence to Facebook Live
broadcasts, which now appear at the
top of your feed. If you remember, Facebook recently released an
update which allows users to upload
videos in comments section Do you
see where this is going?

Whether you’re posting a status or
interacting with a friend, Facebook
evidently wants you to utilize visual
media because that way you’re likely
to share something personal, and
reveal more about yourself.

In the past it relied on standalone
apps in its bid to achieve the same
result, but that venture failed. In
its place, it brought the video party
to its main platform, where it can
promote its new features to its
built-in audience of 1.65 billion
users.

Mendelsohn added that virtual
reality, and 360-degree videos
(fields that Facebook has waded in
to) will soon be “commonplace,”
reports Quartz. “We’re seeing a
year-on-year decline of text…If I
was having a bet I’d say: video,
video, video,” she stated.

Mendelsohn’s comments can also be
applied to wider industry trends. As
we pointed out in the latest chapter
of our ongoing feature on the
history of social networking, live-
streaming and video functionality is
now integrated into the biggest
social media platforms.

Additionally, Snapchat — one of the
fastest growing social apps — is
primarily reliant on visual
messaging.

With 10 billion video views taking
place on Snapchat each day, and
Facebook boasting that video
engagement on its platform is
unparalleled, it seems that users
are driving this change.

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