Facebook with 300 million monthly active users

The social network Facebook has further expanded its international leadership role and now has 300 million monthly active users worldwide. In addition, the site is now apparently in the black and has started earning money, as the company announced at a conference in San Francisco on Tuesday. Facebook had not previously expected to turn a profit before next year. "This is important for us because it makes Facebook a strong independent service for the long term," platform founder Mark Zuckerberg is quoted as saying on Pressetext.ch. The company is successfully positioning Facebook for sustainability. "We're having a lot of fun and facing important challenges that require us to rethink the current systems for online information flows," says Zuckerberg.
Facebook does not wish to comment publicly on future strategies at present. However, due to the booming user numbers around the globe, the company says that more and more advertisers are being attracted to the social network. Industry experts see increasing competition between Facebook and Twitter. If the social network opens up its platform further and adapts functions from the microblogging service, Twitter could face serious difficulties, believes social media expert Ben Parr, co-owner of Mashable.com.