Eureka Street’s Best of 2009: If Facebook died

What if it stopped working? What if, one day, FaceBook suddenly and irrevocably ceased to exist?

Every morning now, when I boot up my computer and begin my ritual of Facebook, email and game culture news blogs, I ask myself that question. And, if it did die, how many people in my office would be immediately overwhelmed by a giant sense of loss and confusion?

Furthermore, how many people on my Friends List would I no longer have contact details for? How many would I continue to see ‘outside of the computer’? Or, would I hope to catch them again on Xbox Live, or meet up with them in SecondLife, World of Warcraft, or in PlayStation’s virtual construct, Home?

Just how many of my day’s meaningful interactions would I lose?

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