I have to remind my brain often too about the time span some event has been ago already. Seeing that it is already close to 10 years or even more, it appears strange that it is that much. It sometimes is like "just happened yesterday". (Just for example: It's weird needing to say that the outbreak of the Iraq war already happened 15 years ago.) On the other hand, really recent events sometimes appear like "Hasn't that been longer ago?" because fucked up shit happens nearly every day. In Facebook's case, it really surprises a bit to find them still there because the big hype was many years ago, and after that is over, most platforms take a downward course, which then makes them last no longer than 5 years effectively (not counting the "still up, but a graveyard"-time). Happened so with Myspace, so why should it be so different? Not even to mention the couple of scandals the network has seen ever since it has become so popular. Sometimes all it takes is one decisive thing to come out and people leave the ship in a mass exodus... Well, whoever makes that happen - in the end, when thinking about it some more, I realize this shit has even taken off shortly after my past life's school time was over. My brain can still remembers when Facebook was still a rather underground subject that only a few people had (even musicians and people who really needed a public announcements place for their business). And I know how much time it is since then. So then I know, this shit's really been online since a decade already... A decade since it's been that popular thing that it still is. (Timelines say, it exists already for longer than that, but my brain recalls that's about the time since when normal people knew the name this network and since they were crazy for having a profile there.)
On the other hand, really recent events sometimes appear like "Hasn't that been longer ago?" because fucked up shit happens nearly every day.
In Facebook's case, it really surprises a bit to find them still there because the big hype was many years ago, and after that is over, most platforms take a downward course, which then makes them last no longer than 5 years effectively (not counting the "still up, but a graveyard"-time).
Happened so with Myspace, so why should it be so different?
Not even to mention the couple of scandals the network has seen ever since it has become so popular. Sometimes all it takes is one decisive thing to come out and people leave the ship in a mass exodus...
Well, whoever makes that happen - in the end, when thinking about it some more, I realize this shit has even taken off shortly after my past life's school time was over. My brain can still remembers when Facebook was still a rather underground subject that only a few people had (even musicians and people who really needed a public announcements place for their business).
And I know how much time it is since then.
So then I know, this shit's really been online since a decade already... A decade since it's been that popular thing that it still is. (Timelines say, it exists already for longer than that, but my brain recalls that's about the time since when normal people knew the name this network and since they were crazy for having a profile there.)
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