One of the biggest and most widely used social networking websites, Facebook has reached a landmark 325 million users. The bustling social network has grabbed the attention of users worldwide and is now one of the leading platforms, where news breaks, people meet, kids play games and the application lovers try out different apps that keeps all these segments glued to Facebook. The rapid growth at which Facebook is expanding both in popularity and financially doesn’t seem to slow down.

The inventors of social networking such as MySpace, Bebo, hi5 etc. have now become mere dots in front of the behemoth that is now Facebook. Whether it be Mafia Wars, coverage of the Iranian post election violence or the Fort Hood tragedy, users are rather using Facebook as they would work with Twitter, posting updates, news feeds, creating pages ensuring that, the one platform that has tied them to million of users remains active and kicking.

The advancements that Facebook has applied to the website’s security and privacy apparatus is one of the primary reasons why more than 325 million users prefer Facebook over any other social networking website. Despite the fact that, many users are not pleased with the changes Facebook keeps making to its home page and other services, the fact remains that, it has fast become an indispensable communications network for numerous users, whose online existence is synonymous with Facebook.

Via All Facebook.