A rumor is circulating across the web that Facebook is shutting down on March 15th. Apparently, Mark Zuckerberg “wants his old life back,” and desires to “put an end to all the madness.” Mashable was able to get in contact with the Facebook Director of Corporate Communications:
We have official confirmation from Facebook Director of Corporate Communications Larry Yu that the rumor is false. We asked him via e-mail if Facebook was shutting down on March 15, to which he responded, “The answer is no, so please help us put an end to this silliness.” He added, “We didn’t get the memo about shutting down and there’s lots to do, so we’ll just keep cranking away like always.”
It makes absolutely no sense for Facebook to shut down after just closing $500 million in funding from Goldman Sachs and Digital Sky Technologies. They’ve also been valued at $50 billion.
It’s amazing how quickly these rumors spread across the web, no matter how ridiculous they may be. Even if Mark Zuckerberg were to decide to throw in the towel, I doubt he’d be able to just shut off the lights and close the doors at Facebook without a fight.