PALO ALTO, CA – Mark Zuckerberg announced that Facebook will be shut down in March. Managing the site has become too stressful.
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"Facebook has gotten out of control," said Zuckerberg in a press conference outside his Palo Alto office, "and the stress of managing this company has ruined my life. I need to put an end to all the madness."
Zuckerberg went on to explain that starting March 15th, users will no longer be able to access their Facebook accounts.
"After March 15th the whole website shuts down," said Avrat Humarthi, Vice President of Technical Affairs at Facebook. "So if you ever want to see your pictures again, I recommend you take them off the internet. You won't be able to get them back once Facebook goes out of business."
Zuckerberg said that the decision to shut down Facebook was difficult, but that he does not think people will be upset.
"I personally don't think it's a big deal," he said in a private phone interview. "And to be honest, I think it's for the better. Without Facebook, people will have to go outside and make real friends. That's always a good thing."
Some Facebook users were furious upon hearing the shocking news.
"What am I going to do without Facebook?" said Denise Bradshaw, a high school student from Indiana. "My life revolves around it. I'm on Facebook at least 10 hours a day. Now what am I going to do with all that free time?"
However, parents across the country have been experiencing a long anticipated sense of relief.
"I'm glad the Facebook nightmare is over," said Jon Guttari, a single parent from Detroit. "Now my teenager's face won't be glued to a computer screen all day. Maybe I can even have a conversation with her."
Those in the financial circuit are criticizing Zuckerberg for walking away from a multibillion dollar franchise. Facebook is currently ranked as one of the wealthiest businesses in the world, with economists estimating its value at around 7.9 billion.
But Zuckerberg remains unruffled by these accusations. He says he will stand by his decision to give Facebook the axe.
"I don't care about the money," said Zuckerberg. "I just want my old life back."
The Facebook Corporation suggests that users remove all of their personal information from the website before March 15th. After that date, all photos, notes, links, and videos will be permanently erased.
Source: Weekly World News
Somebody should tell me this is not true!
This information came to my Facebook page this morning that Facebook will be closing down. It is pressing! It will really bring calamity to people. As seen here, I need someone to tell me it is not true.
I need to know!
This is a hard-to-believe story!
This is not possible!
This is a mere rumour. Read what I found!
Facebook denies shutdown rumorsQuoteLAS VEGAS (AFP) – A rumor Facebook was shutting down wafted over the Web, forcing the hugely popular social network to deny it had any intention of closing.
The rumor was started by a satirical online website whose other news flashes include such items as "Alien Spaceships to Attack Earth in 2011" and "George Clooney Running for President."
As unlikely as it would seem that the social network with more than 500 million members would shut down, the rumor spread rapidly on Twitter and on Facebook itself.
Facebook denied it was shutting down in a statement posted on... Facebook.
"We didn't get the memo about shutting down, so we'll keep working away like always. We aren't going anywhere; we're just getting started," it said.
Facebook denies shutdown rumors - Yahoo! News (http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110110/tc_afp/usitcompanyinternetfacebook)
This is just a mere write-up. Facebook can not close down just like that...
Quote from: Cavailililm on Jan 13, 2011, 04:26 AM
This is just a mere write-up. Facebook can not close down just like that...
You're right! It must be a mere write-up. Level of Facebook success cannot just allow it to be closed like that... Or what do you think?
Is this still on course?
Quote from: InfoStrides on Feb 17, 2011, 04:54 PM
Is this still on course?
March 15 will confirm to us!
This should be a real scam....
I received the following message today in my Facebook inbox: Do you receive it?
QuotePlease don't send
this back to the person you
recieved it from.
Dear Facebook Members,
Facebook is suppose
to be closing down March 15
in is recently
becoming very overpopulated.
There have
been many members
complaining that
Facebook is becoming very
slow. Records
show that the reason is that
there are many
active Facebook members and,
on the other
side, many new Facebook
members. We will
be sending this message
around to see if
members are active or not. If
you are active
please send to at least 15
other users using
Copy+Paste to show that you
are still active.
*Those who do not send this
message within
2 weeks will be deleted
without hesitation to
create more space.* Send this
message to all
your friends and to show me
that your still
active and you will not be
deleted. Founder of
Facebook, Mark Zuckerbe .
Now, this is a confirm rumour!