Facebook introduced standing updates early on in the year following the expansion in Twitter's acclaim. By Sep 2009 Facebook was publishing forty five million standing updates a day from 30,000,000 unique visitors, according to Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook's chief operating officer.
The most frequently used words in standing updates were about Facebook applications, for example Farmville, Farm City and Social Living. Lars Backstrom, an information scientist at Facebook, wrote on the corporation's blog: Facebook has supplied a platform for developers to make a number of extremely popular applications, and it's no surprise that folks are talking about them.
You might almost say that 2009 was the year of the farm in standing updates. Farmville became the most talked-about application in standing updates and now boasts over 72 million monthly active users.
The second most well-liked inclusion in standing updates was the shortening 'FML'. Backstrom announces its meaning, which was once particular has broadened. leaving the 'F' open in the interpretation, but the 'M' and the 'L' stand for 'My Life', he respectfully explained. Swine influenza and other variations associated with the sickness came 3rd in the list.
The passing of stars, eg Michael Jackson and Patrick Swayze, was the 4th most well liked theme, while folk talking about their families came 5th. Mentions of Twitter and related Twitter actions ranked tenth and Woman Gaga, in spite of being nearly unmentioned on Facebook till Nov 2008, was the 12th most well liked subject in people's updates.
