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Re:Facebook has 1 billion monthly active users by samstave on Thursday October 04, 2012 @01:08PM (#4613264)
Not 12 billion - the number just needs to greater than the number of computer/internet users on earth.
Re:Facebook has 1 billion monthly active users by stephengillie on Thursday October 04, 2012 @01:18PM (#4613309)
If it's close (8 billion), people will likely ignore it as either a rounding/math/counting error, or as "those people who have a 2nd account for their dog".
Re:Facebook has 1 billion monthly active users by samstave on Thursday October 04, 2012 @05:51PM (#4614579)
There are 7 billion people on earth, there are 2.3 billion with Internet access as of 2011 - FB claims that 40-ish% of Internet users are monthly actives, which is clearly BS, so you don't need to get it anywhere near 8 billion. You simply need to get it near or above actual Internet access capable people.
Re:Facebook has 1 billion monthly active users by stephengillie on Thursday October 04, 2012 @06:17PM (#4614685)
So more like 4 billion.