[CameronNemo]

Because they own the network and they want to track you. Expect it to get progressively worse before Facebook finally implodes.

[pestaa]

Why do you think it has a finite lifespan?

[avian]

Because eventually the last black hole will evaporate into Hawking’s radiation and there will be no way to further increase entropy to run Facebook’s servers.

[null_deref]

All empires fall eventually

[CameronNemo]

Lifespan? Don't make the mistake of anthropomorphizing Mark Zuckerberg.

[kleer001]

Previous large social networks eroded too, no reason to think Facebook is any different.

[robjan]

Previous networks didn't absorb the majority of the interconnected world, become one of the biggest companies in the world or have huge lobbying power.

[oehtXRwMkIs]

What has an infinite lifespan?

[Finnucane]

Everything does.