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Re:Ask HN: Where do you expect Facebook to be in 5 years? by daimyoyo on Wednesday May 18, 2011 @04:27AM (#2559487)
The Winklevii will be suing Facebook from the ICC in The Hague.
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Re:Ask HN: Where do you expect Facebook to be in 5 years? by veb on Wednesday May 18, 2011 @05:03PM (#2561810)
Showering us with augmented reality contact-lenses so we'll be able to see geolocation-facebook. I.e. look out the window of my office and see conversations between people and join in if I must.

Wait. Facebook isn't that awesome. :)

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Re:Ask HN: Where do you expect Facebook to be in 5 years? by abbasmehdi on Wednesday May 18, 2011 @09:53PM (#2562601)
That’s totally awesome! But not sure if I want to be on the receiving end of that.
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Re:Ask HN: Where do you expect Facebook to be in 5 years? by abbasmehdi on Wednesday May 18, 2011 @09:51PM (#2562598)
It will merge with the gov't - your ID/DL and FB will be closely related, it will enter many verticals (e.g. compete with LinkedIn in the professional networking space), it will seek to impact more deeply by blurring the line between virtual and real life, it will start selling discount stuff (like Groupon) to kids. It will basically become the MS of web 2.0

But then again, I have no idea! :)

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Re:Ask HN: Where do you expect Facebook to be in 5 years? by wmboy on Wednesday May 18, 2011 @06:42PM (#2562135)
As Google has become THE search engine, Facebook will be THE social networking site (which it already is). I don't think it will get bigger than being a social networking tool, and on the other end of the scale I highly doubt it will end up like MySpace...
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Re:Ask HN: Where do you expect Facebook to be in 5 years? by JoeCortopassi on Wednesday May 18, 2011 @02:30AM (#2559268)
Closer to being Myspace than Google
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Re:Ask HN: Where do you expect Facebook to be in 5 years? by vicngtor on Wednesday May 18, 2011 @03:36AM (#2559392)
I dun think it will go. It will be an essential part of our lives (just like google now), but it definitely won't receive so much hype.

When Facebook IPOs in the near future, lots of talent will leave to pursue other lucrative opportunities.

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Re:Ask HN: Where do you expect Facebook to be in 5 years? by nametoremember on Wednesday May 18, 2011 @02:20PM (#2561080)
I'd say the mobile Facebook app or site will be improved a lot. Messages will be used instead of texting in a lot of cases. It will have video chat integrated.

Search will be better too.

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Re:Ask HN: Where do you expect Facebook to be in 5 years? by jeffool on Thursday May 19, 2011 @08:59AM (#2563750)
Having finally incorporated email for all users, in five years time, they'll finally be bothering with voice chat. And all its users will think Facebook invented the idea.
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Re:Ask HN: Where do you expect Facebook to be in 5 years? by tony_landis on Wednesday May 18, 2011 @04:13PM (#2561580)
I think they will still have a solid userbase, but will be far less hyped.
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Re:Ask HN: Where do you expect Facebook to be in 5 years? by gallerytungsten on Wednesday May 18, 2011 @05:25PM (#2561894)
Somewhere in-between where AOL and MySpace are today.
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Re:Ask HN: Where do you expect Facebook to be in 5 years? by jhowell on Wednesday May 18, 2011 @05:58PM (#2562006)
Facebook will be around, but where will the data be?
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Re:Ask HN: Where do you expect Facebook to be in 5 years? by huuleon on Wednesday May 18, 2011 @11:09AM (#2560380)
They will reach maturity
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Re:Ask HN: Where do you expect Facebook to be in 5 years? by beatpanda on Wednesday May 18, 2011 @11:38PM (#2562786)
Dead, hopefully.
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Re:Ask HN: Where do you expect Facebook to be in 5 years? by ppjim on Wednesday May 18, 2011 @03:34PM (#2561408)
A bank company
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Re:Ask HN: Where do you expect Facebook to be in 5 years? by justatdotin on Wednesday May 18, 2011 @02:37AM (#2559281)
gone.
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Re:Ask HN: Where do you expect Facebook to be in 5 years? by MenaMena123 on Wednesday May 18, 2011 @02:49AM (#2559304)
Like anything it has its high time and people just get tired of things and move to the next best thing.
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