Re: Facebook   
     By: The Millionaire to All on Tue May 22 2012 09:08 pm   
      
    > I've been reading rumours about Facebook shutting down on July 15, 2012.   
    > Looks some people really want to see it crash badly it seems which doesn't   
    > matter to me either way to see its demise. I know some people will rant and   
    > rave but others will just find another playground to swing on, so to speak.   
    > Social media sites keep popping up left and right these days so if Facebook   
    > decides to take a turn for the worse, what will be the victor to replace it?   
    > What is the vision for 2012 and beyond?   
    >    
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   Well, I'm going to say you probably saw some rumor in a chain letter, and   
   that's all.  That said, however, they're currently being hit by a $15 billion   
   class action suit for violation of Federal Wiretapping laws, and another class    
   action suit for selective disclosure prior to the IPO, so whether or not they   
   even make it til NEXT July is anybody's guess (to put it into perspective, they   
   made a total of $1 billion in profits last year, which was their highest year   
   to date).  Personally, I'd love to see them fall, and haven't been on the site   
   in just over 5 months now.  I would HOPE Diaspora* or one of the other   
   distributed social networks picked up their flailing user base (almost said   
   customer, but thought better, as Facebook's customers are the ones buying   
   ads...the users are the product), but really wouldn't be surprised if folks   
   jumped on Google+ or something of that nature.   
      
   cykros   
      
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