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Facebook Hits 150 Million Users, Adding 450,000 Users Per Day
This morning Mark Zuckerberg posted on the Facebook blog that the company has officially hit 150 million. That’s approximately 3 weeks after the company announced that it hit the 140 million mark suggesting that the company is now growing at approximately 450,000 users per day. This is a ...
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Just how fast is Facebook growing?
Betanews — ... , almost half of whom are using it every day. What makes this particular notable is that Facebook had just reported hitting 140 million about three weeks before -- meaning the site is gaining some 450,000 people per day, according to AllFacebook, the unofficial Facebook blog . "If the company keeps up this pace for the first half of 2009, the company will easily hit 230 million users," the blog went on. "If the pace continues the whole year, the company will surpass 300 million users." Wow. Imagine how many mob wars, pillow fights, and nicest person requests that'll result in. ...

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