Facebook gets its 500 millionth user

[Richie]

I'm not sure if its been posted but facebook has gained its 500 millionth member today! woo






Social network giant Facebook has announced that it has registered its 500 millionth member - one in 13 of the entire global population.
The site, which launched in 2004, has gained around 100 million new users in the last six months alone. Facebook said the number was "an important milestone" and added that it was "humbled and inspired" by the stories of its users.
But as the popularity of the site grows, so do concerns about privacy and online child safety - in particular bullying.
Rory Cellan-Jones reports.


Source:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-10720270

[Special]

Social network giant Facebook has announced that it has registered its 500 millionth member - one in 13 of the entire global population.

i'm sure most people have more than one account lol

still, deduct all of those and it will still be a pretty large number of unique members!

[Richie]

i'm sure most people have more than one account lol

still, deduct all of those and it will still be a pretty large number of unique members!

I know lol I heard people make a second account to send themselves farmville gifts haha

[Samantha.]

My friend did that and she sat there in our photography lesson giving herself farmville gifts ;)!
congrats facebook lmao

[Mathew]

I know lol I heard people make a second account to send themselves farmville gifts haha
I would never do such a thing.. :rolleyes::rolleyes:


My friend did that and she sat there in our photography lesson giving herself farmville gifts ;)!
Your friend sounds epic.

I haven't been on Farmville in about a week now though :(
But yeah, well done to Facebook? :P

[Special]

I know lol I heard people make a second account to send themselves farmville gifts haha


My friend did that and she sat there in our photography lesson giving herself farmville gifts ;)!
congrats facebook lmao

omfg lol i didn't know that kinda stuff even happened lol i was thinking more if they got hacked or forgot their password :S i do admit i used to play farmville though lol but then it became somewhat of a rutine so i quit lol

[beth]

omfg lol i didn't know that kinda stuff even happened lol i was thinking more if they got hacked or forgot their password :S i do admit i used to play farmville though lol but then it became somewhat of a rutine so i quit lol

ahaha innit.
plus once you **** up, you just cba to put it all back together.

ahhh man, forget fb! i miss myspace.

[Samantha.]

I used to play farmville quite a lot but it got really boring!

[bigdavecox90]

Wasn't there rumours of Facebook becoming the official sponsor of the England football team?

Show how popular they are becoming.

[Samantha.]

That would of been cool if facebook was a sponsor!

[Mathew]

It's also thought that around half the population of the UK have a Facebook account. It's rather difficult to give a statistic like that when many people have made a second account too though.

Yeah Farmville.. I keep getting in to it then leaving it for weeks. I can't work out whether it's worth my time these days - I have so much stuff on it and it's hard to organise it all :(

Oh god if Facebook was a sponsor.. it's getting right up there with McDonalds and Coca-Cola!