Facebook Lexicon Shows Facebook Users Impacted By The Economy

Posted by Nick O'Neill on March 25th, 2009 9:50 AM

Yesterday afternoon I noticed that a friend of mine, Adam Conner, had posted a link to the Facebook Lexicon which was searching for the term “laid off”. The results are impressive in that it shows a steep increase in the occurrence of the phrase starting in September and continuing to peak now. While these are some depressing statistics, it illustrates how Facebook can be used to produce valuable research.
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