According to BlackBook's Chris Mohney, Facebook is the equivalent of an online graveyard. And Mohney is the first to do the math on just HOW many profiles on Facebook belong to the deceased (5,762,745 to be exact). Behold, his reasoning below. And, whatever you do, don't question his impregnable math....
So, until someone discovers the invention of pixelating your ashes (to spread across your Tumblr), this will have to do?
"5,762,745 to be exact. and I am EXACT. Based on this policyandthese general stats and the worldwide annual crude death rate. Don’t question my impregnable math. I used a spreadsheet."
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zbj
April 27, 2010
7:35pm
You can easily count the number of dead people on facebook. Users can have accounts memorialized. Check out this link for more information. [bit.ly]
awal
June 17, 2010
9:09pm
You know he was being sarcastic when he wrote that right? That no one really knows the number of dead people on Facebook?
Erasmus
December 8, 2010
8:16pm
No, he was obviously serious! He used a spreadsheet.... A SPREADSHEET! Plus i know this guy who said basically the same thing. Met him in the pub and he made loads of sense
Angela
May 3, 2011
11:03pm
Stupid. Who gives a shit? There's more important things going on, Iam sure.