2004 founded Wavering
social · facebook.com
something is at the door
22 years 198 days and counting
4 Feb 2004, a dorm. Still enormous. The cool left. The graph did not.
Why it lasted
- The social graph of people over 30, plus Marketplace, Groups, and WhatsApp as the actual prize.
- It is still where local institutions go because that is where the locals are.
Times it almost ended
- Cambridge Analytica. iOS tracking changes. TikTok eating attention. The feed got older and more Groups-and-Marketplace.
- The metaverse spend was a near-death of narrative. Reality Labs did not kill the ads business.
What would finish it
- Young people never signing up, plus regulators taking the WhatsApp/Instagram bundle. The blue app is already not the growth story.
Questions
Is Facebook still up?
Yes, with a Wavering verdict: something is at the door. Founded 2004.
How long has Facebook been around?
Facebook has been up since 2004-02-04.
Why did Facebook survive?
The social graph of people over 30, plus Marketplace, Groups, and WhatsApp as the actual prize.
Could Facebook still die?
Young people never signing up, plus regulators taking the WhatsApp/Instagram bundle. The blue app is already not the growth story.