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Facebook Mocks 'Infection' Study, Predicts Princeton's Demise

Posted by samzenpus on from the you-are-more-of-it dept.

Okian Warrior writes "In a followup to the earlier story about Princeton researchers predicting the end of Facebook by 2017, Facebook has struck back with a post using similar statistical techniques to predict that Princeton itself may be facing irreversible decline. By using similar methods ('likes', mentions in scholarly papers, Google searches) Facebook has created graphs that indicate Princeton is losing ground compared with its rivals and may have no students at all by 2021."

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  1. Re:It means the same thing by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    It is NOT "intensive purposes"

    The correct phrase is "for all INTENTS and PURPOSES".

    You may not know this, or perhaps you have been mis-hearing the phrase all these years, but consider yourself informed.