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Facebook (Kinda) Disputes Slowdown Estimates, But Declines to Give Actual Stats

in Social on June 13, 2011 at 12:17 pm PT

Facebook wimped out on actually disputing traffic estimates that it is losing steam, but called the methodology behind the numbers into question.
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Is Facebook’s Growth Spurt Over?

in Social on June 13, 2011 at 1:00 am PT

Facebook has reportedly had two straight down months for active user growth, including unusual traffic drops during the month of May in markets where it has been available the longest.
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Finding the Scale of the Rest of the World Lacking, Early Designer Rejoins Facebook

in Social on February 14, 2011 at 5:00 am PT

Aaron Sittig, who left Facebook after being the company’s lead designer for five years, is now back at the mother ship, having rejoined in January with the title “product architect.”

Looks Like Facebook Connect Is Coming to Myspace Tomorrow

in Social on November 17, 2010 at 10:26 pm PT

Myspace and Facebook have just invited the press to a joint GoToMeeting webinar (how very not social media!) tomorrow at noon PT. The announcement comes on the heels of a report from the Telegraph on Wednesday that Myspace plans to integrate Facebook Connect “imminently.”

Zuckerberg: Facebook Will Hit One Billion Users (One Day)

in Media on June 23, 2010 at 6:53 am PT

Facebook just reached 500 million users, but it is going to double that number sooner or later. In the meantime, CEO Mark Zuckerberg says, the social network has four remaining countries to conquer. Look out, Russia!