Friday, September 18, 2009

Facebook Users Skyrocket

Facebook, the popular online chat engine, is flying in numbers of online users. In July, Facebook reached 250 million users gaining 800,000 users a day! The company, once a small networking site has evolved into a sensational online phenomenon grabbing the attention of millions of people around the world. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says, "We're just getting started on our goal of connecting everyone." If that's the beginning, then where will it end? In my point of view, Facebook is a exceptionally successful company, but they make go a bit overboard with their users. If all of the U.S. population were on Facebook, their would be a power outages and other electrical problems. Thankfully, that probably won't happen because not only Americans use Facebook. About 70% of Facebook users come from outside America. Facebook started out as an portal for college students, but now grows on to many other Americans, most popularly people over the age of 35. Some experts think Facebook has information that can easily be found and can be used against you. Of course Facebook has some problems, but the intricate site is passing right through them. The company is out of the red, but still fighting against it's nemisis, Twitter. My view on this is that I believe Facebook has done an amazing job with their goal and I think they are an insperation to all other Internet sites. Of course, some things I find about Facebook I dislike, like they are taking the time of people and keep them in front of their computer. Still, I believe Facebook is doing a great job with their job. All in all, I find that Facebook has done a great job even if gluing people to their computers is a side-effect.

Link- http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/09/16/facebook.profit/index.html