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They go bankrupt

Manifold is eternal

Other

As a consequence of a global catastrophe (nuclear war, hostile AI takeover, etc.)

Not with a bang but a whimper

Once big enough to be noticed, regulators either shut them down or hobble them into irrelevance

Ship-of-Theseus'd into a new website

Bought by a large corporation & monetized to death

People lose interest in it and stop using the site

Founders are disappointed in slow/no/negative growth and shut Manifold down.

Bought by a large corporation but later shut down for not being profitable

Outcompeted in the online marketplace

Shut down by the U.S. federal government

A lover's quarrel

Founders shut down Manifold due to community drama

will be dyed into a zebra pattern in black and grey

with thunderous applause

Erotic auto-asphyxiation

destroyed by great hwan empire

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