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Facebook's inflection point?

Explore the Facebook inflection point in early 2009 and discover insights from Google Trends data that unveil this shift.

ByRazib Khan
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Did Facebook hit an inflection point in early 2009? Google must have much better data sets, probably one reason Hal Varian left Berkeley for Google.

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