Facebook closes on March 15???

[FranZeno]

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This news is so funny I just have to share it!

It spread like wildfire on my Home page!

FACEBOOK WILL END ON MARCH 15th!|Weekly World News

PALO ALTO, CA –Mark Zuckerberg announced that Facebook will be shut down in March. Managing the site has become too stressful.

“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.

Closing because,
“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.”

I'd pay someone to do the stressful job for me! If I earn billions of $ a year, then what's the use of my employees? Eh?!?!

LOL!

A company earning billions of USD a year and closes because the CEO if fed up?!?! Just give the company to me!

A FAKE story by a FAUX news site! +1000 on you for spreading this faux news like wild fire!

Let's balance the news with this:

Facebook shut down hoax spreads like fire

Internet faux news site Weekly World News posted an outrageous story that Facebook will be shut down on March 15th 2011, due to the stress it has put Founder Mark Zuckerberg through.

Normally this type of news would not even be worth our time and effort, but an unfortunate situation occurred where thousands of viewers actually believed the story and shared it on Facebook. Over the past hour, 40 of my 320+ friends shared this story, and I’ve received a couple messages and emails about it from “worried” fans. I expect that the situation will get worse, sparking more controversy over the Internet.

Here is a snippet from the article:

PALO ALTO, CA –Mark Zuckerberg announced that Facebook will be shut down in March. Managing the site has become too stressful.

“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.”

So just to confirm, this is a fake story by a faux news site, similar to that of The Onion and Chive. As a reminder, always fact check before passing on stories, or else what happened today will keep happening over and over (like this trend will ever stop anyway)… oh yea, use some common sense. Also, with a company estimated at being worth over $50 billion, why would anyone even think of suddenly shutting it down. As a friend said, it would obviously make sense to sell it off rather than just kill it all together.

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to the HUMOR SECTION this thread belongs...

[colby]

@ FranZeno

There is a thread with the same title here:

https://www.istorya.net/forums/politi...arch-15th.html

But the moderator close this thread, read it why it was closed.

[FranZeno]

^^

Yeah..

The point of this thread is to point out that it's a hoax..that's why I included this link
Facebook shut down hoax spreads like fire

but the mods can decide to keep this or not.. =)

[colby]

^^ sleeping Mode pa ang mga Moderators now.hehehhehe..Just kidding.

Depende ata sa Moderators, naay okay lang, others dili pwede..

Actually I wanted to comment sa other thread but it was closed.

But since you made one, I can now put my comment. It will be something like this, I'll post it here:

"I doesn't matter, I have no Facebook." I'm still not into social network..

[beyee]

while reading along the first post, my initial reaction to the would-be-furious FB users,

"Why not switch to iStorya.. more than just talk.." *winky smiles*

LOL.. btaw ui, if mawala jud ang FB, am not bothered coz istorya is here anyway

[AntitaniC]

This news is so funny I just have to share it!

It spread like wildfire on my Home page!

then this should be posted under humor then?

didn't bother to read the post....

already had an existing thread...

this will be closed anytime soon.... good luck...

[sandman2c]

ahh! duh, balik gyud sa friendster.
may gani tua sa friendster didto tanang pics nako.

[cywizard]

kadakong binugo kung ila i-close nya billion dollars ang kita... hehehe... Nahan ko sa gbuhat nga idea atong news nga site... bisan ug pamakak ila gbuhat, nahan ko sa thought nga what they did will increase website traffic of their site... hehehe...

[SPRINGFIELD_XD_40]

The point of posting something that doesnt even belong to POLITICS and CURRENT EVENTS already is something much more that we all know its a HOAX , I dont know why there is a need to post since it is not INFORMATIVE at all .

Again , locking this .