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# 46% Of U.S. Thinks Facebook Is A Fad [SURVEY]
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/46-of-us-thinks-facebook-is-a-fad-survey/
- Published: 2012-05-16T12:50:04.000Z
- Updated: 2012-05-16T12:50:04.000Z
- Description: Don't stop updating your Facebook page yet, but almost half of the 1,000 people polled by the AP and CNBC believe that Facebook is just a passing fad. 51% have. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2012/05/46-of-us-thinks-facebook-is-a-fad-survey.html]
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Social Media, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:49

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Don't stop updating your Facebook page yet, but almost half of the 1,000 people polled by the AP and [CNBC](http://www.cnbc.com/id/47391504/?ref=hypebot.com) believe that Facebook is just a passing fad. 51% have a favorable impression of the company, while 23% have an unfavorable opinion. And not that the average American is a financial analyst, but half of those polled also believe the initial stock asking price (which has gone up since the poll) is is too high. **THE CHARTS:**  

[![image from media.cnbc.com](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e20167668a532d970b-450wi "image from media.cnbc.com")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e20167668a532d970b-popup?ref=hypebot.com)

  
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