Facebook is still growing at a huge pace, not that it’s surprising anyone at this point. The company’s cofounder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg wrote an open letter, or rather blog post, to Facebook users to talk about the privacy changes which are about to become a reality after being announced several months ago but also to make a quick note on the fact that Facebook is now at 350 million users.
The social network managed to add 50 million users in about two and a half months. That’s the size of a decent-sized social network in its own rights, further proof, if it was even necessary, that Facebook is in a league of its own. What’s even more interesting is that it went from 300 million to 350 million slower than it grew from 250 million to 300 million, perhaps a sign that it may finally be slowing down. It’s still got some ways to go though. When you add the fact that Facebook started out the year with 150 million users in total, it’s clear that it’s doing something right.
However, its size is becoming a problem in certain areas and Facebook has to make some changes to features that can’t really scale to a service with hundreds of millions of users. “Facebook’s current privacy model revolves around “networks” — communities for your school, your company or your… (read more)