In an article in the New York Times media section, it discussed how Facebook has grown immensly over the past six years, beginning in a Harvard dorm room, transforming into a Social Network site found in hundreds of languages used around the World. "Facebook is growing at a dizzying rate around the globe, surging to nearly 500 million users, from 200 million users just 15 months ago." It's hard to imagine that it only took a little over a year for 300 million people to create accounts on Facebook. I didn't realize that so many other countries around the world were as up-to-date with such social networks. In fact, Facebook has forced many other social Networking sites seen in other parts of the globe to go 'out of business'. Such sites as StudiVZ in Germany and Bebo in Britain, have become irrelevant next to the infamous Facebook site. MySpace has become less popular in the U.S.- I used to have a MySpace, and right when I got Facebook, I realized how much better it was (to me) and quickly deleted my MySpace account... poor Tom. Mark Z, creator of Facebook, has such confidence in the site that he believes, and even guarantees, that Facebook will reach a billion users... meaning that 1/6 of the worlds population will be participating in the social networking frenzy. WOW!
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/08/technology/companies/08facebook.html?_r=1&ref=media
Facebook also has dead languages! Also, a few obscure ones and ones that are merely jokes. For instance, I used to have my FB page in Latin (Latinam linguam est optimam linguam!). I've also had it in Gaeilge (Irish 'gaelic') as well as Icelandic. They have Pirate english and Old Norse. There are some very dedicated nerds out there, quite willing to provide any language imaginable. I actually plan on putting it back into Icelandic when I start to go over the language again and use it as a tool for helping me read Islenska better. If you haven't already checked out this feature, it's a pretty nifty one.
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