Facebook getting face palmed.

[RamesesII]

Face Book shutting down May 2013 Fact or Faux?

Noticed a shared post ironically on FB that M Zuckerberg was shutting down FB etc

Here is what was supposedly said.

PALO ALTO, CA –Mark Zuckerberg announced that Facebook will be shut down in May of 2013. Managing the site has become too stressful.

“Facebook has gotten out of control,” reportedly 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 reportedly went on to explain that starting May 15th, users will no longer be able to access their Facebook accounts. That gives users (and Facebook addicts) a year to adjust to liwithout Facebook.

“After May 15th, 2013 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 after Facebook goes out of business.”

Zuckerberg said 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 to a source close to a friend. “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.”

Anyway I havn't investigated fully, I don't really want to believe it what do you guys think?

Even if it was false would anyone here welcome the non existence of FB or would you be devastated if it did go?

[OceanEyes28]

Sounds like an Onion article to me.

[Kurt Zisa]

I think it's false. There was an article somewhere about Zuckerburg having to pay pretty big taxes or bills because of FB shares or something. I'll have to try find it again, although it was off Yahoo! so who knows how accurate it'll be.

Another thing is that businesses use FB as a way of advertising etc, he's not just gonna say "it's no big deal, remember to take your photos's back".

That's my (rather rushed) take on things.

[Alpha]

Satire is most powerful when it is close to the truth.

So would we be better off without Facebook? I'd say no if it were confined to a desktop computer, but I'm ****ing sick of people using Facebook on their phones. On the train: fine. One your own when you're procrastinating: fine. When you're surrounded by real people you could be talking to: **** right off. Talk to them. It wasn't so bad last year, but this year I've just noticed it a lot more. I'll go the pub with my friends, and they'll be either actually on Facebook talking to mutual or non-mutual friends who aren't there, or posting on Facebook about the event. I'm guilty of it myself, but also because someone inevitably says (when I take a photo or something) "upload it to Facebook!"

It's like we're obsessed with the power to broadcast our social lives that we've overlooked that broadcasting them is actually overlooking them. I'm proud of my girlfriend for never having used Facebook. Ever. And while I enjoy it, I've been making a conscious effort to only ever use it when I'm alone.

[Pete]

I've been without it for the better part of three months now, and I honestly love it. It really helps you take stock of who truly is your friend, and who really gives a shit about you. I seriously only regularly talk to a handful of people via text or call each day, and I'm truly happier when someone I don't usually talk to goes out of their way to shoot me a text. It reminds me of a simpler time, and while I might not be in the know about every detail of everyones life, I'm still perfectly fine with it.

[Kurt Zisa]

It wouldn't really affect me that much, as I've never used it. I had to set up an account for a media studies class a couple of years ago and just haven't felt the need to continue using it. I'd honestly like to see how the world (read: internet) will react to life without Facebook.

[SuperSabin]

If Facebook truly went down, everyone who is addicted to it is going to have a Y2K moment. I can only imagine the news articles to come *shivers*

[Michael Swayne]

I read this article, and then I read three others saying that the first was fake. So, my money (not that I have any) is on that it will not be shutting down in May. With the money it makes by having businesses advertise with Facebook, it would be extremely stupid to shut it down. And with the billion users, a business (no matter the size) can reach many more consumers using it than by advertising in a newspaper. And all for a low starting price of $5USD per day (I run our newspaper's Facebook page, and I get emails from time to time about advertising).

Honestly, I wouldn't mind if Facebook did shut down. I am not on nearly as much anymore, and most of my posts I make there are about video games. If it did, then there might be a sudden surge of new members here. Members that would visit more than once or twice.

[NikkiLinkle]

It'd be false because he'd just sell it instead I'm sure. Why shut it down when you can make a billion from selling it?

I think life would probably be better without Facebook, I use it constantly and majority of the people who are my friends don't communicate with me at all haha. It has its pros and cons like everything else.

But it'd be a good idea to save photos just incase anyway.

[loaf]

No source? Fake.

[Halie]

May 15th is my 18th birthday. If this bitch thinks he can steal my thunder he can **** off.

No but really, however unlikely I hope this happens.

[Yoko]

If fb went down, it can keep my photos and so on. I'm not a fan of it anyway. Since msn went down, its used as a replacement for it. I only really use it to chat. Everything else I post on twitter. I rarely use it on my phone anymore. Its just there is I ever need to talk to someone. If anyone really wants to get my attention, shoot a text or call. I have 2 phones, an iPad and a laptop. I'm not the hardest person to get a hold of. Just don't bank on sending a fb message in hope of a response.

Some people are hopelessly addicted to it. Lately, I can't stand it. The world would be a better place without fb. That's what I think.

[Odin1199]

Don't like it and don't care one bit about it shutting down. This stupid trend has gone on long enough. It's about time this sort of thing died.

[noxious.sunshine]

I'm not addicted to FB at all. I -do- have an account, but it's super secret. I have less than 20 friends added. I deleted the first account I made
cuz some dude that sent me a msg ended up being in my COM 101 class.. Creepy and weird. And then all these a=holes that I used to go to school with started friend-requesting me. I was like "Really? We weren't friends then. You were all d*ckheads to me, why would I wanna be your FB buddy? Eff off".. So I deleted.

I do have an account now, though, but my birthdate and last name are way off so that no one can find me. lol

But -if- it were to shut down, my feelings wouldn't be hurt in the least.

[loaf]

I log on MSN every day still.

[noxious.sunshine]

You have MSN? as in... Old School MSN? I can't get that shit on my laptop cuz of the merge with Skype. I have to use it on my celly...........

[Leon]

People are dependent on Facebook these days (myself included). I doubt he'd shut it down.

[noxious.sunshine]

You know what? I bet he would. Just to be a d*ck.

lol jk. He's making too much money. Money talks.

[Clint]

Seriously, who really even cares about the Facebook? The entire internet could shut down, and I wouldn't care at all. People are so dependent on new technology, and telling everybody every single aspect about their daily lives, that special moments just don't seem too special anymore. Nobody has anymore secrets or mystery about them. Everybody is a goddamn open book from the start, and that's just boring.

I hope the Facebook does shut down, because I love seeing angry reactions to things. People are stupid, and therefore, I enjoy laughing at them when they are mad. The Facebook is trivial. If I really want to get in touch with an old friend, I don't want to look at his stupid profile, with all of his dumbass pictures and stupid thoughts. I would do things the old way, find his phone number, and give him a call.

[noxious.sunshine]

Alas, sir. With the dwindling use of that thing called a phonebook and the increased usage of cell phones and whatever I'm trying to say (It makes sense in my head, anyway).. Finding that a-hole's number would be like finding a needle in a haystack.

Sadly, the Facebook is becoming a necessary evil. Although I (kinda) refuse to succumb to its ways. My real last name isn't listed, neither is my actual birth year, or even where I live. I have a select few (less than 20) people I have graced with my email address to add me on there.

Actually, I really don't want my family to see my psychotic posts about "WOOOOOO! 3 LITERS OF JACK AND A 30 PACK OF BUD LIGHT! YEAAAAAHAHHHHHH BUDDY!" (Clearly they think I have a drinking problem. I swear I don't.)

[Clint]

Hey, if I can't find you're phone number, then obviously you're too much of a ***** to be my friend anyway. That's my philosophy. Cell phones are just as bad as the Facebook, if not worse, being as you can actually access the Facebook from many a cell phone. People don't buy phones for the purpose of having a phone anymore. A telephone is a telecommunication device that allows two or more people to conduct a verbal conversation even when they aren't in the vicinity of one another. To text message, or access the internet, is not using your telephone. A telephone has one feature, and that is to make and receive phone calls. Everything else is tacked on to bump up the price, and to essentially make telecommunication obsolete.

Not to mention that people essentially have unlimited access to take horrible tacky phone in the mirror pictures at any public bathroom that they stop at. Seriously, those pictures are so stupid. Are people so self-absorbed that the best thing they can think to take a picture of are themselves in the mirror? And don't even get me started on that dumbass duck face shit.

[noxious.sunshine]

Might I suggest that JabberWocky phone? Or Jabber Jaw? JITTER BUG! That's what it is! Took me months to remember it.

Does nothing but make phone calls. With BIIIIIIG buttons so you can -see- the numbers. mmmhmmmm.

I'll be GD'ed. Mr. Eastwood is -never- caught using a cell phone. PETE! Make that magic happen! I know there's a pic -somewhere-!

Agreed on endless bathroom and duck faced shit. It's annoying. I rarely take pics of myself anyway. I mostly take pics of people passed out drunk after I've written all over their faces (which hasn't happened in awhile, but dammit.. The roomie's getting it this weekend. He ships out this coming Monday or so)...

[RamesesII]

Facebook would be much more thrilling if you could earn awards for achievements.

Congratulations you earned the 'Acquaintance' award for achieving 1000 friends of which you talk to you only 5 of them.

or

Congratulations you earn the 'Skeet shooter' award for achieving 5 duck faces.

[Tiffany]

I love FB mainly with being a stay at home Mom, I can keep up with what people are doing even though I can't actually BE out there while they're doing it. I quite like living vicariously through other people while I'm stuck at home listening to a screaming kiddo and cleaning up the house for the 100th time that day.