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A Bad Week for ... , May 5, 2013

Facebook reported promising figures for the first quarter, but has found itself defriended by millions of users as it falls out of fashion.

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Facebook has found itself defriended by millions of users as it falls out of fashion.

The darling of the social media world reported promising figures for the first quarter, but has found itself defriended by millions of users as it falls out of fashion. Users in the United States, Britain and other key territories no longer like using the website. In the last six months, Facebook has lost nearly nine million monthly visitors in the US and two million in Britain.

 

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