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This is a selection from (the) mortalitybook, a web experience that explores what it means that WE die, but the imprints we leave on the internet don't. Fall into it starting May 3rd, 2012 at http://themortalitybook.tumblr.com/.

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FACE BOOK the first generation

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FACE BOOK the first generation

If Thefacebook (its original title) was founded on February 4th, 2004, and its

general membership at the time was college students in their early twenties,

that would mean that today, that generation is about 28-32 years old. That narrows down the decade of 2050 being when they all reach 70– when we’ll

assume that they’ll all die off.

Sorry, first generation.

That’s about 40 years from now. But hold on just one second. People haven’t joined Facebook in chronological order by their age. No way– this specific generation was just the one to catch on first. This means that it will actually be way before 2050 when we’ll start to see the Facebook graveyard become a household idea.

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images The lorax. “Thefacebook.png.” Screenshot. Wikipedia. Wikipedia, 4 Feb 2009. Web. 29 Mar

2012. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Thefacebook.png>. This screenshot is used in accordance with U.S. copyright law for fair use, as its purpose is to identify the copyrighted website in question. Neither I or The lorax own any of the contents of this image.