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# Friends Reunited RIP
- URL: https://onemanandhisblog.com/2016/01/friends-reunited-sunset/
- Published: 2016-01-18T13:37:22.000Z
- Updated: 2016-01-18T13:37:22.000Z
- Author: Adam Tinworth
- Tags: friends reunited, liife, social networks, sunset

One of the original social media sites is dying. From the “notification of death” e-mail:

> Not long ago I was approached by the FriendsReunited owners, to see if I wanted to take it back and try some new projects with it. It was evident that putting the site back to be more like its original form was not a service people would get excited about using again. The site is still used by a handful of members however it has become clear that the site is no longer really used for the purpose it was built for. For the site to continue it needs a complete re write and this is just not viable.

![The life of friends reunited](https://i0.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2016/01/the-life-of-friends-reunited.png?resize=545%2C51 "the-life-of-friends-reunited.png")

Over on Medium, one of the founders has written extensively about its rise, fall, and [what will replace it](https://medium.com/@liife/the-story-so-far-3c312f885fb2?ref=onemanandhisblog.com#.skf0rv1oh):

> One of my biggest gripes with Facebook are the times people tag or share photos of you and everyone sees them. And I too dont want to see everyone else’s group party shots. Plus the fact that they are lost in a mass of vacuous information. Don’t get me wrong, Facebook is fantastic for lots of things and keeping in touch, but as a tool to plot my life its rather cumbersome.  
> Liife will be a great way to store the life of a child through pictures and memories. I also want to go back and plot the life of my late father through talking to my mum. There are lots I don’t know that won’t take that much research.

It’s a brave idea – and [I hope it succeeds](http://www.liife.com/?ref=onemanandhisblog.com). But it’s hard to bet against Facebook right now.