Poll: How many Facebook accounts do you have?

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Post by Aloisius » Sun, Jun 19, 2011, 5:52 AM UTC

There appears to be plenty of anecdotes going around implying that most people have more than one Facebook account, but Facebook's own statistics seem to indicate that most of its users are active.

As more and more companies rely on Facebook for identity and single sign on, understanding the true reach of Facebook and how many users you're losing by only supporting Facebook connect, becomes important.

How many Facebook accounts do you have?

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Post by gsivil » Sun, Jun 19, 2011, 6:43 AM UTC

I have created more than 10 to help a friend on Farmville :) plus my personal one.

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Post by cryos » Sun, Jun 19, 2011, 6:55 AM UTC

2

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Post by ddphone » Sun, Jun 19, 2011, 6:59 AM UTC

1 and it's fake. I'm not sure what you'll get out of this poll. Most people will create an account simply because some site requires it and then completely forget about it.

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Post by [deleted] » Sun, Jun 19, 2011, 7:05 AM UTC

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Post by jeffreymcmanus » Sun, Jun 19, 2011, 7:06 AM UTC

If you're developing Facebook apps or using Facebook authentication, you pretty much have to have two or more Facebook accounts. The problem is that having more than one account is against Facebook's terms of service, and they don't provide a developer sandbox.

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Post by [deleted] » Sun, Jun 19, 2011, 7:06 AM UTC

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Post by mndaniels » Sun, Jun 19, 2011, 7:10 AM UTC

Shouldn't everyone's answer be 1 since more than that is in violation of FB's TOS :)

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Post by anthony_franco » Sun, Jun 19, 2011, 7:12 AM UTC

jeffreymcmanus wrote: post #6

If you're developing Facebook apps or using Facebook authentication, you pretty much have to have two or more Facebook accounts. The problem is that having more than one account is against Facebook's terms of service, and they don't provide a developer sandbox.

It's advised to create test accounts through the Facebook API: http://developers.facebook.com/docs/test_users/

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Post by anigbrowl » Sun, Jun 19, 2011, 7:15 AM UTC

One that I only log into about once a month when I want to look at someone else's page from a search result. I feel a bit guilty about not keeping in contact with my friends more often, but Facebook just looks like such a dreadful time sink.