Facebook could have 4.9B dead users by 2100, study finds

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/apr/29/facebook-dead-users-2100-oxford

by edward • 3 years ago

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cyanydeez• 3 years ago

Probably gonna be alive in the metaverse creeping out their descendants.

ChatGTP• 3 years ago

This is actually the vision though? I Mark’s interview on Lex, from memory relatives are part of the metaverse.

kromem• 3 years ago

Almost certainly, though in the short term it's actually Microsoft that's already been granted a patent on resurrecting dead people as AI from their social media data.

And at a certain point of looking to the future along these lines, one really has to wonder if the AI-powered resurrected dead would know that they are copies of the dead. And if not, has this all already happened long ago, and we're the unwitting copies?

tj-teej• 3 years ago

Does anyone realistically think "Facebook" will exist in 2100?

Looking at how different the web is today from even 20 years ago there's almost no services that are remotely the same.

This study is analogous to one which says "if Cardi B continues to gain new fans at her current rate there will be 100 billion Cardi B fans by 2100" - it's a fundamental misunderstanding of the data, just as pop bands go in and out of vogue, dramatically changing their customer-base, so do businesses (especially websites)

saulpw• 3 years ago

From the Fortune 100, which of these companies do you think will exist in 2100?

#1 Walmart #2 Amazon #4 Apple #8 Alphabet #13 Microsoft #31 Meta #48 Disney #52 GE #65 IBM #100 Coca-cola

All of these companies, except Meta, existed 20 years ago. Several of them existed 100 years ago. They all have enough assets and infrastructure to weather one at least if not two generations of poor leadership (and many already have). It's reasonable to say that Facebook the product won't be around in 100 years, but Meta the company? They may be #65 on the list, limping along, but they'll be there.

quags• 3 years ago

I can see Facebook the service not existing by then for sure. Facebook does have cash and a brief search shows about 54 billion in cash to 19 billion debt. So give or take there is a pile of 30 billion which if generating even 3.3 % on their cash that will be around a billion a year. One smart investment every 5-10 years would be enough to stay around.

akomtu• 3 years ago

Breaking news: Foo1 could have 500T of grossly horrible Foo2 by 2500 A.D., Harward scuentists find.

animanoir• 3 years ago

The award for the most useless study goes too...

Facebook could have 4.9B dead users by 2100, study finds

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