Who wants a piece of Facebook?
Have you thrown a sheep at someone lately? Or Super-Poked your friend? If you don’t know what I’m talking about, it’s time for you to check out Facebook, one of the most successful social networking sites out there. The amount of things you can do in Facebook is mindboggling, forget about your Friendster account, Facebook is the way to go! You can write messages on your friend’s ‘wall’, give gifts that will be displayed on their profile, take quizzes and compare your compatibility with your friend, the list just goes on and on, it’s impossible to name them all.
In today’s news, it’s now official, Microsoft has just won the battle against Google to own a stake of Facebook. For a whopping $240 million US, Microsoft now owns…1.6% of Facebook. Yes, you read that correctly, $240 million for 1.6%! That makes the value of Facebook about $15 BILLION, really amazing for a site that is less than 5 years old.
It’s not only used for social purposes, some companies are also learning how to use Facebook to their advantage, mainly in terms of advertising. At the University of Wisconsin, when it was reported that there was a suicidal gunman on the loose, the school took out an advert in Facebook to warn their students.
So, for those that don’t have accounts yet, have I piqued your interest? Quick, go and register for and account, you’ll definitely manage to find some long lost friends there!
Razlin Dawina October 25, 2007 at 10:16 pm
Wow.. had no idea that Facebook would be worth that much.
Truthfully, I’m not a fan of Facebook. The only reason I signed up, was because I was “forced” too. My presense there is quite nil that I might have as well not sign up, so as not to take up the space from a genuine user.
however I do agree that the RSVP thing is cool. I do get annoyed with the SuperPoke, and SuperWall and Zombies and whatever else they can think off.
I must be getting too old for this. :p