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It's official: Facebook hits half a billion users

Well lookie here. Facebook now has a half a billion (not a typo) users. 

For those of you not deeply interwoven into the intricate world of social media, that's a lot of people.

In one of the shorter blog posts to escape the company, Founder Zuckerberg gets all sentimental about things (see video below) and announces the launch of a new service, Facebook Stories which is designed to collect happy things people say about Facebook.

Tender. I wonder if he feels the same way about these people's stories about Facebook?

If I had to wager a guess, I'd say probably not. Here's hoping Diaspora is all it's cracked up to be.

 

Posted July 21, 2010