More people than ever are on Facebook. Five hundred million and counting. While social network usage continues to grow (43% from June 2009 to June 2010 based on August results coming out of Nielsen NetView). Over this same time period e-mail usage dropped by 28%. These numbers make it very clear -- people are changing the way they communicate with friends, family and colleagues. With each passing day, they are trading in one-to-one or one-to-a-few messages for one-to-all broadcasts, sharing the daily details of their lives with "friends" and "followers."
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