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Do you really believe that facebook will be around for 4 consecutive generations while retaining the data that was entered there?

by 0x12 15y ago

veyron 15y ago
That's when they will start charging for access ... gateway to your family history
jcitme 15y ago
Yes. I consider myself a pretty average user for the last 5 or so years on Facebook. I don't have a lot of videos uploaded, but do have a lot of pictures. Facebook compresses those like crazy though, so maybe I have about a gigabyte of data. At any rate, given that their (as in the company) worth is estimated at more than 200x the people that have access to high speed internet in the world in dollars [1], I think they can probably keep my data, barring bit rot. note: This assumes that people with dial up don't use Facebook. Probably a valid assumption, or at least that the amount of data a dial up user supplies would not make storage an issue. Their user base is quickly reaching the point where it is limited to the human population of earth itself (This is an assumption, but they claim 800 active users, which while might be questionable {define "active"} if the true value is around there, they cannot achieve exponential growth). Most people probably only load text, or highly compressed jpg photos. If they can simply turn a profit with a business model that can support the current state, they should be fine. [1]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_number_of_broadband_Internet_users http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_number_of_...
waterlesscloud 15y ago
The question really is "Do you believe the data will be around for 4 consecutive generations, in some form?" And my answer is that yes, yes I do.
- robryan 15y ago
  Especially as storage becomes cheaper and cheaper. I think if something were to happen to Facebook we would see a GeoCities like effort and everything you posted publicly would be backed up.
- samstave 15y ago
  http://www.reddit.com/r/Cyberpunk/comments/gdy7s/the_book_xpost_from_redditcom_and_yc/ http://www.reddit.com/r/Cyberpunk/comments/gdy7s/the_book_xp...

Do you really believe that facebook will be around for 4 consecutive generations while retaining the data that was entered there?

by 0x12 15y ago

Do you really believe that facebook will be around for 4 consecutive generations while retaining the data that was entered there?

veyron 15y ago

That's when they will start charging for access ... gateway to your family history

jcitme 15y ago

Yes. I consider myself a pretty average user for the last 5 or so years on Facebook. I don't have a lot of videos uploaded, but do have a lot of pictures. Facebook compresses those like crazy though, so maybe I have about a gigabyte of data. At any rate, given that their (as in the company) worth is estimated at more than 200x the people that have access to high speed internet in the world in dollars [1], I think they can probably keep my data, barring bit rot. note: This assumes that people with dial up don't use Facebook. Probably a valid assumption, or at least that the amount of data a dial up user supplies would not make storage an issue. Their user base is quickly reaching the point where it is limited to the human population of earth itself (This is an assumption, but they claim 800 active users, which while might be questionable {define "active"} if the true value is around there, they cannot achieve exponential growth). Most people probably only load text, or highly compressed jpg photos. If they can simply turn a profit with a business model that can support the current state, they should be fine. [1]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_number_of_broadband_Internet_users http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_number_of_...

waterlesscloud 15y ago

The question really is "Do you believe the data will be around for 4 consecutive generations, in some form?" And my answer is that yes, yes I do.

robryan 15y ago
Especially as storage becomes cheaper and cheaper. I think if something were to happen to Facebook we would see a GeoCities like effort and everything you posted publicly would be backed up.
samstave 15y ago
http://www.reddit.com/r/Cyberpunk/comments/gdy7s/the_book_xpost_from_redditcom_and_yc/ http://www.reddit.com/r/Cyberpunk/comments/gdy7s/the_book_xp...