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

[lordsummerisle]

theguardian.com

Deceased may outnumber the living if current growth rates continue, raising questions about what happens to our data.

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

[jberryhill]

1. So, it will be like Myspace?

[csziggy]

11. Or AOL

Back in the day AOL kept claiming their user numbers increased constantly. It turned out that they never actually took anyone off their user list. Even if you stopped your AOL subscription if you ever accidentally signed back in they would start charging you again. The only way to make sure AOL would not revive your membership was to cancel your credit card - but AOL would still count you as a user!

[backtoblue]

2. Can you imagine the hoax FB could try to pull off...

The dead have risen! All those accounts come back to "life", having all the personal information needed to prove it was them.

Yeah, it's completely ridiculous....right?

[tanyev]

3. 4.9bn profiles ready to be put to use by troll farms.

[exboyfil]

4. My dead high school friend "resurrected"

Fuck the monster who did it.

[Shell_Seas]

5. Many futurists are predcting the average lifespan of a human will be 120 by 2050;

Possibly there won't be as many dead people as this article is predicting.

[Bengus81]

6. One will be Zuckerberg.......

Be a load of Hawaiians celebrating on Maui when he croaks............

[former9thward]

7. The likelihood that Facebook or any other current social media platform will be around in 2100

is zero. They will have been long replaced by things we can't even imagine now.

[hunter]

10. When a child is born they'll get a Siri or Alexa implant.

Some parents of children who are rejected by Siri will pay millions of dollars to third parties to appeal the decision or cheat the system, just as they pay now to get their children into certain universities.

[dalton99a]

8. Zuckerberg spawn will sell the passwords to Putin spawn

[Blue_Tires]

9. Who gives a rat's ass about Facebook in 2100?

For all we know we might not even have a country by then... Or even a planet, for that matter...

[TlalocW]

12. I'm going to hire a kid to update my FB after I die

With statuses I'll write for him.

"Why is it so hot? Wait... demons? Where are the angels?"

"Neat day - or as neat as could be. Bumped into Captain Kangaroo while floating in Lake of Fire. Said, 'Ping pong balls,' to him as joke. He screamed back in anguish, but I know he appreciated it."

"At least it's a dry heat."

TlalocW

[cwydro]

13. I love this!