It's also summer time and it seems like internet usage dips quite a bit in the summer. People just spend less time sitting in front of the computer and more time out doing things. Kids have fewer papers to write so they spend less time avoiding them on Facebook.
I've seen plenty of seasonal cycles like this in various websites I've managed in the past. It's not exactly a new thing.
Also FB and Twitter got a lot of press for touting HUGE user numbers, but now that they are at hundreds of millions of users, they are obviously killing spam accounts more aggressively. I wouldn't be surprised if as much as 25% of the users on Facebook or Twitter are spam accounts or bots. At its peak MySpace was certainly up there in that range.
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It's also summer time and it seems like internet usage dips quite a bit in the summer. People just spend less time sitting in front of the computer and more time out doing things. Kids have fewer papers to write so they spend less time avoiding them on Facebook.
I've seen plenty of seasonal cycles like this in various websites I've managed in the past. It's not exactly a new thing.
Also FB and Twitter got a lot of press for touting HUGE user numbers, but now that they are at hundreds of millions of users, they are obviously killing spam accounts more aggressively. I wouldn't be surprised if as much as 25% of the users on Facebook or Twitter are spam accounts or bots. At its peak MySpace was certainly up there in that range.