It took a few more weeks than expected, but Facebook
finally announced that it topped the 350-million member mark
last night.
Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg blogged about the
milestone in passing, preferring to discuss new privacy
setting initiatives and an end to broader regional networks.
Why wouldn't he be doing a better job in trumpeting the new
round metric? He has usually been quick to chronicle every
time the world's leading social networking site lands another
50 million accounts.
Let's look at the dates of Zuckerberg's previously
announced milestones:
Date
Users
8/26/08
100 million
1/7/09
150 million
4/8/09
200 million
7/15/09
250 million
9/15/09 Continued... |