Will Facebook Shuts down on March 15, 2012?
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There’s a silly but high impact rumor replicating on the Internet , alleging that Facebook is shutting down on March 15, 2012 because CEO Mark Zuckerberg “wants his old life back,” and desires to “put an end to all the madness.” This rumour, which is revolving around cyber centers causing fear and consternation among Facebook fans, started from an article – FACEBOOK WILL END ON MARCH 15th, 2012! published on the website of Weekly World News on February 19, 2012. Weekly World News is the online version of a notorious tabloid newspaper of the same name long renowned for publishing utterly fanciful stories disguised as news article. Virtually nothing published on the website is accurate. The “Facebook shutting down” story is apparently intended to be satirical. The original version of the hoax listed a supposed closure date of March 15, 2011. But with that date well and truly in the past, the hoax has been “updated” and now proclaims that the shut down will take place on March 15, 2012. But, of course, the 2012 version is as equally nonsensical as its predecessor. Incidentally, this is not the only hoax that has claimed that Facebook users may soon lose their accounts. Another widespread message falsely claims that Facebook is becoming overpopulated and is therefore deleting the accounts of users who do not repost the message. As per CNN, they have official confirmation from Facebook Director of Corporate Communications Larry Yu that the rumour is false. On asking him via e-mail if Facebook was shutting down on March 15, to which he responded, “The answer is no, so please help us put an end to this silliness.” Let’s think about this for a minute. Would Facebook decide to shut down the company just a few days after announcing a round of funding, consisting of $450 million from Goldman Sachs and $50 million from Russian investment firm Digital Sky Technologies, on a valuation of $50 billion? Thus, Facebookers can breathe a sigh of relief! Their much beloved network is NOT going to be shut down any time soon.
