busybeeburns Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 Facebook surpasses one billion users as it tempts new markets Facebook now has more than one billion people using it every month, the company has said. The passing of the milestone was announced by founder Mark Zuckerberg on US television on Thursday. The company said that those billion users were to date responsible for 1.13 trillion "likes", 219 billion photos and 17 billion location check-ins. The site, which was launched in 2004, is now looking towards emerging markets to build its user base further. "If you're reading this: thank you for giving me and my little team the honor of serving you," Mr Zuckerberg wrote in a status update. "Helping a billion people connect is amazing, humbling and by far the thing I am most proud of in my life" Statistics released to coincide with the announcement revealed there were now 600 million users accessing the site via a mobile device - up 48 million from 552 million in June this year. Since its early beginnings at Harvard University, Facebook users have befriended each other 140.3 billion times. Sustained growth is seen as crucial if Facebook is to maintain its value - the company has seen its share price drop to about $22 (£17) from a starting price of $38. Investors will expect the company to look at ways to make more from the users it already has as well as seeking to attract new users in areas of the world where it does not yet dominate. "For Facebook the main challenge is not just to grow in terms of numbers, but more importantly to deepen and enrich engagements," said Eden Zoller, principal analyst at tech research firm Ovum. Although the service is by far the world's biggest social network, there are key areas, such as China and Russia, where local competitors still remain the online networking tool of choice. Last month, Mr Zuckerberg visited Moscow, where he made his first TV chat show appearance, as well as a highly publicised meeting with the Prime Minister, Dmitry Medvedev. It was a public-relations exercise designed to unsettle VKontakte - a network that boasts in excess of 100 million members, compared with Facebook's seven million, in the country. In the same trip, Mr Zuckerberg made a "surprise" visit to one of the company's arranged hack-a-thons to meet local developers. Other trips include to China, where the company said it was busy "watching and learning" from other internet firms. Google, which launched in China in 2005, faced fierce criticism when it agreed to allow censorship of search results. It later changed its stance, and now directs all of its traffic through its Hong Kong-based site. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-19816709 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Rose Posted October 6, 2012 Share Posted October 6, 2012 Get rid of the spam accounts, the duplicate accounts and fake accounts and that 1 billion figure will drop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busybeeburns Posted October 6, 2012 Author Share Posted October 6, 2012 whooooo a reply to my thread! :awesome: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Rose Posted October 6, 2012 Share Posted October 6, 2012 Facebook adverts thankfully don't appear on the mobile version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iccp Posted October 6, 2012 Share Posted October 6, 2012 facebook is one hell of a social networking site! it's crazy....you just keep finding yourself there for no reason :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busybeeburns Posted October 6, 2012 Author Share Posted October 6, 2012 Facebook adverts thankfully don't appear on the mobile version.....not yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piscesmonkey* Posted October 6, 2012 Share Posted October 6, 2012 facebook.....there is just something about it that makes it so addictive......support group wanted lol :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Rose Posted October 7, 2012 Share Posted October 7, 2012 ....not yet. Apart from the sponsored messages in the news feed which are easy to ignore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brent Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 Get rid of the spam accounts, the duplicate accounts and fake accounts and that 1 billion figure will drop. Yeah my dog has one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xencios Posted August 28, 2013 Share Posted August 28, 2013 Oh come on! Haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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