Posted on Thursday, October 20th, 2011
By Frank Lake
PALO
ALTO – Facebook continues to deny rumors it is shutting down on July 15th
of 2012. WWN, however, has confirmed that it is true.On
January 9th, WWN’s ace reporter, J.B. Smitts, broke the international story
that Facebook was going to close down on July 15th because Mark Zuckerberg
wanted to return to a normal life. The story caused a worldwide
sensation, and J.B. Smitts has been nominated for a Pulitzer Prize for breaking
it (from http://weeklyworldnews.com/headlines/28019/facebook-will-end-on-march-15th-update/).
Facebook COO, Sheryl Sandberg has publicly denied the rumors,
saying, “Facebook is not going to close down. Not now, not ever.
We’re just getting started.”David Ebersman, the CFO of Facebook, and the man working with
Goldman Sachs on the new Facebook financing deal said, “many people feel that
the deal with Goldman Sachs will lead to a change in Facebook or that we might
shut down so the government won’t force us to go public. All of
those rumors are false. We are going to be stronger than ever after July
15th.”(from http://weeklyworldnews.com/headlines/28019/facebook-will-end-on-march-15th-update/).
But WWN has spoken to insiders at Facebook who strongly contradict
the public statements of the executive management team (from http://weeklyworldnews.com/headlines/28019/facebook-will-end-on-march-15th-update/).
Sources
inside Facebook tell us that the company is already making plans on how to
handle the big shutdown. “We can’t just turn it off on July 15th of
2012. There will be a revolution,” said one insider. “We have to
prepare our users for the end of Facebook and offer them ways to keep their
social networks alive.”
Zuckerberg
maintains that one year is enough time for users to prepare for the demise of
Facebook. It also gives rival sites time to build up their user
base (from http://weeklyworldnews.com/headlines/28019/facebook-will-end-on-march-15th-update/).
An
online petition was started just hours ago to help persuade Zuckerberg and
Facebook to remain open. SIGN THE “SAVE
FACEBOOK” PETITION HERE.
WWN is
your only reliable news
source on this – and all – breaking news stories. And
now… one of the MANY videos from panicked Facebook users about the shut down:
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