An Interest In:
Web News this Week
- April 25, 2024
- April 24, 2024
- April 23, 2024
- April 22, 2024
- April 21, 2024
- April 20, 2024
- April 19, 2024
October 5, 2012 08:54 am GMT
Original Link: http://feeds.mashable.com/~r/Mashable/~3/A4zayom75q8/
The Really Important Facebook Number: 140 Billion
Facebook announced that it had hit a billion active users Thursday; an extraordinary milestone, celebrated with a rather odd ad.
But that number, like that ad, is a sideshow. Another extraordinary stat got overlooked, and this is one that really gives you the scale of what the social network is building.
Or to put it another way: one billion isn't cool. You know what's cool? 140.3 billion.
As you can see from the infographic based on Facebook's internal data at the bottom of this article, 140.3 billion is the total friendships on Facebook. If you keep track of one thing about the company, make it this, not the user number or fluctuating stock price.
Friends: a Powerful…
Continue reading...
More About: Facebook, Social Media, trending
Original Link: http://feeds.mashable.com/~r/Mashable/~3/A4zayom75q8/
Share this article:
Tweet
View Full Article
Mashable
Mashable is the top source for news in social and digital media, technology and web culture.More About this Source Visit Mashable