{"id":5378,"date":"2018-05-15T20:54:04","date_gmt":"2018-05-15T20:54:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mobo.co.uk\/news\/?p=5378"},"modified":"2021-08-27T17:54:50","modified_gmt":"2021-08-27T17:54:50","slug":"facebook-attracts-300-million-members","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mobo.co.uk\/news\/facebook-attracts-300-million-members\/","title":{"rendered":"FACEBOOK ATTRACTS 300 MILLION MEMBERS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Facebook has become the world\u2019s most popular social networking site after it was announced that it currently holds 300 members worldwide.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The news was broken by Facebook founder <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mark_Zuckerberg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mark Zuckerberg<\/a> in a news blog post. In the announcement, he wrote: \u201c<strong>Facebook now serves 300 million<\/strong> people across the world. It\u2019s a large number, but the way we think about this is that we\u2019re just getting started on our goal of connecting everyone.\u201d The announcement suggests that Facebook bosses are unlikely to rest on their laurels having reached the milestone, but instead, intend to use it as a launching pad to further the company\u2019s development.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The last two months have seen Facebook member numbers multiply dramatically with the site gaining 50 million extra users between July and September. One area where <a href=\"https:\/\/mobo.co.uk\/news\/facebook-win-430-million-in-damages-against-spammer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a> is gaining ground is in attracting members from countries where online resources are internet usage is not as prevalent as it is in the West.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Since the launch of Facebook Lite, which is designed for users with slow internet connections, the organization has been making headway in attracting members from countries such as South America and India, whilst still retaining a healthy sign-up rate from tech-savvy markets such as the UK and the States.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Zuckerberg plans to invest in developing software systems that will further boost Facebook\u2019s prowess and enable the company to deliver a high-speed service with innovative features.<\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Facebook has become the 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