 
Are you a facebook user? ¬†Did you know that……
Facebook:
1. Has over 175 Million Members!
2. A staggering 5 Million New Members are Added Each Week!
3. If Facebook were a country, it would have a population nearly as large as Brazil’s!
4. Was created by 24-year old Mark Zuckerberg in his college dorm
5. Made $280 millions last year!
6. Is currently worth $15 Billion!
7. Has been around for only 5 years
8. Mark Zuckerberg was almost kicked out of college for his first site called Facemash, a site that let people rate photos and had to go before the school administrative board to defend how he collected data and when he started facebook his parents tried to talk him out of it.
9. Facebook’s market has reached greater masses than the ipod, cell phone, television and other forms of “communication”.
Information has been provided by Fortune in the March 2, 2009 edition!  Read this article last night and was so inspired by this young fella thought I would share just a few high lights from this article.
I honestly don’t know how so many people keep up with everyone’s photos posted in their facebook accounts and their status’s, but I must admit it is so much fun seeing what everyone is up to, what photos they are taking and what they did for the day! ¬†The whole status thing is always hilarious to me to see what people come up with! ¬† ¬†
Are you a facebook user?
If so, why?
How long do you think you spend on facebook?
And who do you most frequently check out?
What are your thoughts about facebook?
2 Comments
he sure is a smug little sh*t. LOL, love the mag subject!
i’ve been a part of the social networking phenomenon for 10+ years. it’s brilliant and it keeps me entertained; like bad reality TV. didn’t realize how lucrative the web could be but bravo to him for being so insanely clever.
i’m learning to love facebook, myspace, twitter, etc. etc… but i don’t live for the satification of an updated status. and i don’t spend countless amounts of hours updating, blogging or writing on these site. and i am also aware that life won’t stand still without them but they provide me 10-15 minutes of joy a day. does that mean the rest of my life is that dull? ummm, probably.
just my $ .02
~oubon
Facebooking
What is it about seeing a friend request accepted that makes me smile? Obsessor, forever. That’s me. And right now, it’s this particular social networking website that I’m hooked onto. Whether it’s playing Mafia Wars, taking personality quizzes or writing on my friend’s wall, Facebook has me roped down for hours together. I suppose I have to give Mr. Zuckerberg credit for that — thank you, thank you, thank you! It is a million times better than orkut and has a lot more privacy… I’m not surprised by the stats, though.. it really is a phenomenon. Kudos to Facebook!