Hank: people will someday move on from Twitter, Facebook and Instagram, which will not simply evolve (2024)
prediction · status: due 3026; outcome not yet known · last event: repeated (2026-01-30) · owner: Hank
In October 2025 Hank said people will someday move on from Twitter, Facebook and Instagram rather than see them evolve; in January 2026 he added that a thousand years from now Facebook will at most be mentioned in a history book.
Told alongside: Hank: in 100 years Americans will not know Twitter but will still carry phones and watch YouTube (2024)
About: Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, London, Detroit
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-08-02 | predicted | Hank predicts Americans in 100 years will not know what Twitter was and barely know Facebook or TikTok, but will still carry phones and watch YouTube videos. | My Letter to the Future 00:03:20 |
| 2025-10-06 | predicted | Hank says that someday we will have moved on from Twitter, Facebook and Instagram; he doesn't know to what, but unlike London or Detroit they will not simply evolve. | The Web is Going to Die 00:04:23 |
| 2026-01-30 | repeated | Hank predicts a reversal of fortune for content platforms: in a thousand years Facebook will at most be mentioned in a history book, a relic like gasoline cars. | Has Anyone Ever Accidentally Seen me Naked (Question Tuesday on a Friday) 00:03:54 |
What is said about it
1 statement, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).
- 2026-01-30 · Has Anyone Ever Accidentally Seen me Naked (Question Tuesday on a Friday) — Hank: Recalling the science-fiction trope of an ultra-powerful child he discussed with Brennan, Hank says platforms are run by 'children' with too much power, who don't know what they're doing. — 00:04:24