Facebook Hits 200 Million Users

Can you believe it was just this past August when Facebook hit 100 million users?

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg posted a message on the official Facebook blog yesterday confirming that the number of users for the site has now hit the 200 million mark.

Facebook basically doubled its already-huge user base in just 8 months.

A stunning 50 million people have joined Facebook so far in 2009, which works out to about 500,000 people per day!

To celebrate, Facebook has launched a new charity campaign.  You can go here and share your stories about “how Facebook has helped them give back to their communities, effect change or connect with a distant relative.”

They’re working together with 16 charity groups that have created gifts, available in Facebook’s gift shop.

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