January 17: a fine day for making predictions

1. 201412th anniversary
   Said on this day

   Princeton Epidemic Model Says Facebook Will Lose 80% of Its Users; Facebook Reaches 2.13 Billion Instead

   Two engineering researchers ran Google search data through an epidemic model and diagnosed the network with a terminal case of 'immunity.' It ended 2017 with 2.13 billion users.

   Facebook Loses 80% of Its Peak Users Between 2015 and 2017 · John Cannarella and Joshua A. Spechler (Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University)

   Deadline set: Between 2015 and 2017 · status: Busted

   Every countdown starts somewhere; these started today.

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