Comments on: How Facebook stays afloat adding 250,000 users per day

Jonathan Heiliger, vice president of technical operations at Facebook, speaks to CNET News.com's Dan Farber about keeping the wheels from falling off as the social network grows at hyper-speed.

[hunter_jc]

Facebook is pretty crappy. I doubt the company has any QA in it. They never fixed how to list the result of people browsed in the groups or results. Using the website to search the network is a hell of a trouble if you don't use that feature every single day. I don't get it. I seriously wonder how it get all those VC money.

[jeffhesser]

ya.... i mean how can a company adding 250,000 users a day find people willing to invest? Too bad the true geniuses like yourself aren't in charge of handling all that cash! that 'crappy' web site will probably be gone tomorrow. No point in spending any time using it or understanding it. let's just keep our blinders on and toss a few stones. Hope that works out for you.

[deathstar2000]

Facebook is extremely popular with college age individuals and recent grads. I'm in my thirties and everyone I know that signed up and took it for a spin wondered what the big deal was and moved on. The average American has no use for Facebook.
Facebook is simply another Friendster with better marketing hype. Mr. "I"m the CEO, *****" should take his money and retire. Let Microsoft buy it, waste money on it for a few years (ala eBay and skype) and then pull the plug.

[billybob75]

The big question is where will they be in 5-10 years when those college kids become working professionals. Will they still be on Facebook or will they move to a business networking site like Linkedin or Schmoozii?

[honorable1]

Is it just me or do Mr. Jonathan Heiliger's comments seem rambling , disjointed and repetitive? It could be incorrect quotes but I assume CNET is quoting directly and without error.

I'm sorry but Mr. Heiliger looks like, and sounds like, he's on Cocaine??? Anyone care to comment on this analysis?

[alan.white1]

So THAT'S how he does it! Thanks for the laugh. :)