On September 15th, Mark Zuckerberg announced that Facebook "now serves 300 million people across the world." It seems the site's growth hadn't exactly come to a stop, either, as about a month and a half later, stats indicate the number of users has risen to at least 325 million.
Update: Ok, they've officially announced the testing of the prototypes directory now. From the company blog:
We'll leave it to you whether or not Facebook's founder and CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, deserves the label "visionary." But in a recent interview, 25-year-old Zuckerberg revealed that he is indeed considering what'll happen a long ways down the road.
It was just mere months ago that Facebook announced they had 200 million members worldwide. Well, today they've passed another milestone... 250 million people are now using the social networking site.
It should be noted that back in January Facebook only had 150 million users... feels kind of funny saying only 150 million.
Facebook CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, updated the company blog with the following:
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg spoke at the Reuters Global Technology Summit on Tuesday, and declined to confirm recent reports that the company had held discussions regarding $150 million in funding (as reported by VentureBeat) and turned down $200 million (as reported by TechCrunch).
Facebook celebrated its 5th birthday in early February and at the time it had more than 150 million users globally.
Now the social networking site has reached a new milestone and has announced it has 200 million members worldwide.
There are just over 300 fewer billionaires in the world this year, and Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg is one of them. According to Forbes’ latest Masters of the Universe list (my name for it, not Forbes), Zuckerberg’s net worth plummeted by $600 million last year due to Facebook’s inability to make money.
When a change to a website’s terms of service sparks such a revolt that it ends up on NBC Nightly News, then you know there’s a problem. In a conference call with reporters this afternoon, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced new “foundational policies” applied to users, developers, and advertisers that will give them more say in how things are done on Facebook.
The World Economic Forum announced selections for its Young Global Leaders. This group consists of business, government, academia, media, non-profit organizations and arts leaders from different regions around the world. Among the selections were a number of Silicon Valley leaders including Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook, Chad Hurley of YouTube, and Kevin Rose of Digg (not to mention non-techies like Tiger Woods and Jessica Biel).
Facebook looks set to adopt a fresh approach to site governance, and we'll be bringing you live coverage. The setup, as explained in an email to WebProNews: Mark Zuckerberg "will announce the new steps Facebook is taking to improve user understanding and ownership of the Facebook terms of service and, more generally, the policies of the Facebook service."
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