Facebook just jumped the shark...good for them!

Why "jumping the shark" -- or having a blowhard journalist yell that one has -- is basically the best thing that can happen to a startup. Blowhard journalist: Mark McKinnon, The Daily Beast Date: February 27, 2009 "This week in Washington D.C., Twitter jumped the shark when, to great fanfare, members of the mainstream-media elite announced they had been baptized and would from now on be holding forth from Twitterdom, and then members of Congress Twittered President Obama’s speech. This from Rep. Joe Barton (R-Texas): “Aggie basketball game is about to start on espn2 for those of you that aren't going to bother watching pelosi smirk for the next hour." Since then: After growing 752% in 2008, Twitter grew another 33% in February. Read the full story here.
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