That's not true. I'm pretty sure it would be topped by the nations of:
1) People that eat rice, 2) Those living below 1000ft altitude, and 3) People whose favorite color is either red or blue.
Oh, wait, those are all random collections of people that have nothing to do with "nations". My bad.
Also, it claims Facebook in 3rd at 500 million, US in 4th at 310 million; so it would have jumped into 3rd quite a while ago, making the country comparison even less relevent as a news claim. Is it really that hard just to say that Facebook now has 500 million users and leave it at that without making up a silly headline and graphic?
> Oh, wait, those are all random collections of people that have nothing to do with "nations". My bad.
"“[It] is a device that allows people to get together and control their own destiny, much like our nation-state,” says David Post, a law professor at Temple University, Philadelphia."
"“[It] is a device that allows people to get together and control their own destiny, much like our nation-state,” says David Post, a law professor at Temple University, Philadelphia."
I am so happy I didn't have any professors so dense as to think that "coming together" on a social networking site had anything to do with the kind of "controlling one's destiny" that a nation-state provides.
> It is a corporation and a dictatorship of sorts isn't it?
Facebook is a corporation, but it lacks the ability to coerce anyone. Instead, it depends on their voluntary acts, which they're free to stop at any time.
I shudder at the thought of a nation made up of Facebook users. It would be like a nation of People subscribers, except they'd also play inane grinding games...
My 70 year old father has a facebook account and doesn't have the slighest clue what do with it, consequently it goes unused.
They may 500 million accounts but they only get 150 million or less users per month. Of that, I bet 50 million of them make up the lion's share of the pageviews. 5 million are complete facebook nutters playing farmville and mobwars 24/7.
If Facebook is a nation of 500 million then the US is a nation of billions, if you count all the tourists and business types flying in/out.
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[ 4.8 ms ] story [ 53.8 ms ] threadSeeing that my high school classmates have gotten fatter helps me control my own destiny how?
Oh, wait, those are all random collections of people that have nothing to do with "nations". My bad.
Also, it claims Facebook in 3rd at 500 million, US in 4th at 310 million; so it would have jumped into 3rd quite a while ago, making the country comparison even less relevent as a news claim. Is it really that hard just to say that Facebook now has 500 million users and leave it at that without making up a silly headline and graphic?
"“[It] is a device that allows people to get together and control their own destiny, much like our nation-state,” says David Post, a law professor at Temple University, Philadelphia."
I am so happy I didn't have any professors so dense as to think that "coming together" on a social networking site had anything to do with the kind of "controlling one's destiny" that a nation-state provides.
I'm hoping the guy was seriously misquoted.
Facebook is a corporation, but it lacks the ability to coerce anyone. Instead, it depends on their voluntary acts, which they're free to stop at any time.
Dictatorships, heck govts, don't work that way.
They may 500 million accounts but they only get 150 million or less users per month. Of that, I bet 50 million of them make up the lion's share of the pageviews. 5 million are complete facebook nutters playing farmville and mobwars 24/7.
If Facebook is a nation of 500 million then the US is a nation of billions, if you count all the tourists and business types flying in/out.
http://www.facebook.com/press/info.php?statistics
So either they are lying or you are wrong.
It is nowhere near, no matter how many people join.