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Half of Americans Think Facebook is a Fad: Study. Half of Americans think Facebook is a passing fad, according to the results of a new Associated Press-CNBC poll. And, in the run-up to the social network’s initial public offering of stock, half of Americans also say the social network’s expected asking price is too high.
“I don’t think 900 million people can be a passing fad. A lot of people have taken a position in Facebook, it’s a self-perpetuating situation,” Martin Sorrell, CEO at advertising bellwether WPP, told CNBC Tuesday. “The $100 billion was predictable and they’re trying to build a momentum.”
Half of the 1,000 people polled by the Associated Press and CNBC called Facebook a passing fad. A majority of those surveyed (51 percent) have a favorable impression of the company, while 23 percent have an unfavorable opinion.
For complete poll results and analysis from CNBC, click here.
What do you think? Is Facebook a fad?
-LD
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![Death to Facebook! The “hacktivist” group Anonymous has promised to “kill” Facebook on Nov. 5, 2011.With dramatic end-of-the-world music and a creepy robotic voice, Anonymous tells an even creepier tale. It claims that Facebook has been selling information to U.S. government agencies, as well as clandestine security firms that spy on people for such governments as Syria and Egypt.
“Everything you do on Facebook is saved on Facebook regardless of your privacy settings. Even if you delete your account,” Anonymous says. “Facebook knows more about you than your family.”While writing this post a co-worker called me over to ask why all personal contacts from her BlackBerry were imported onto her Facebook account, simply because she uses a mobile app. Cue creepy totalitarian music again.“You’re not safe from them nor from any government,” Anonymous says. “One day you will look back on this and realize that what we have done here is right.”
Dun dun dun! …I smell Winklevoss twins.
It will be interesting to see how powerful Zuckerberg & Co. will be against the “death threat.” Or this may turn out to be another “Judgment Day Cometh” let down.
-TM
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Death to Facebook! The “hacktivist” group Anonymous has promised to “kill” Facebook on Nov. 5, 2011.
With dramatic end-of-the-world music and a creepy robotic voice, Anonymous tells an even creepier tale. It claims that Facebook has been selling information to U.S. government agencies, as well as clandestine security firms that spy on people for such governments as Syria and Egypt.“Everything you do on Facebook is saved on Facebook regardless of your privacy settings. Even if you delete your account,” Anonymous says. “Facebook knows more about you than your family.”
While writing this post a co-worker called me over to ask why all personal contacts from her BlackBerry were imported onto her Facebook account, simply because she uses a mobile app. Cue creepy totalitarian music again.
“You’re not safe from them nor from any government,” Anonymous says. “One day you will look back on this and realize that what we have done here is right.”Dun dun dun! …I smell Winklevoss twins.
It will be interesting to see how powerful Zuckerberg & Co. will be against the “death threat.” Or this may turn out to be another “Judgment Day Cometh” let down.
-TM
