Facebook: We made a 'terrible error' when we killed everyone

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Facebook killed everyone on Friday, because wiping us off the face of the Earth in a post-Trump mercy-killing just felt right.

As everyone was mourning life as we know it, the social media giant "memorialized" personal accounts around the world with a banner noting that the account holder had passed away, and that their living Facebook page had been turned into a memorial wall. Even Mark Zuckerberg was killed off.

Suddenly the world was split into two groups: those who were massacred by Facebook and those who survived to live under a Donald Trump presidency. The company had no option but to send out a groveling apology.


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In a statement to Mashable it wrote: "For a brief period today, a message meant for memorialized profiles was mistakenly posted to other accounts. This was a terrible error that we have now fixed. We are very sorry that this happened and we worked as quickly as possible to fix it."

Sorry? That's all you have to say for wiping out the world? On a Friday?

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Jenni Ryall is Mashable's VP of Content Strategy. She spends her time launching cool, new things such as Mashable Deals and Mashable Reels. On the other days, she is developing strong partnerships with companies including Apple News, Flipboard, Snapchat, Facebook, Twitter and Reddit.

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