Facebook hits 500 million users

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Facebook hits 500 million users
Facebook 500 million users reached Wednesday - Jul. 21, 2010

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Facebook's population is now larger than that of the U.S., Mexico and France combined.

The world's largest social networking site announced Wednesday that it has hit a widely anticipated milestone, signing up its 500 millionth user.

In a blog post, Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg said he "could have never imagined all of the ways people would use Facebook when we were getting started 6 years ago." In a video message, Zuckerberg thanked Facebook users and told them "you really have created a worldwide movement."

To show off its international reach, Facebook launched a new application Wednesday called Facebook Stories. The app lets users recount their own stories and read others' posts, filtered by theme and geographic location.

The speed with which Facebook hit the 500 million mark is a sign of its accelerating growth. Launched in early 2004, it took Facebook nearly four years to add its first 100 million users, but only five months to add its most recent batch. Around 70% of the current user base for the Palo Alto, Calif., company now comes from outside the U.S.
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Yeah, FB is dumb! My girlfriend just facebooks to talk to her mom and to play those dumb games. What happened to video games? Eh, some people were bred to play infantile games on facebook. Me? I shut down my FB account after the series of rule changes. You think I will let some immature 20 something CEO screw with my privacy? Nah nah, I am long gone.
 
Thanks to FB, I maintain frequent contact with my family and friends who do not live nearby. It is great!
 
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