Jay Meattle

  • RIP Facebook? Not yet. Unique Visitors to Facebook.com jumped 20% in November

    In the space of a month, Facebook has gone from media darling to devil. However, all the bad PR didn’t hold back Facebook.com traffic in November. Unique visitors jumped 20%:

    Facebook Growth Nov 2007

    The big question — Are Facebook users even aware of their worsening privacy situation? Take a look at the chart below. Looks like regular Facebook users are mostly unaware of their worsening situation, or more likely don’t know what to do about it – not good.

    According to one Facebook poll, 67% of all respondents had not even heard of the Facebook Beacon.

    Facebook Privacy Page

    It’s generally a good idea to put users first, then investors. I hope the good people at Facebook HQ wake up quickly.

    (Published on the Compete Blog on 5-Dec-2007)

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