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Facebook Hits Billion Visitor Mark in One Day

Think Facebook has fallen out of social media favor? Tell the one billion people who visited the site on Monday.

"We just passed an important milestone. For the first time ever, one billion people used Facebook in a single day," founder Mark Zuckerberg wrote in a Facebook post on Thursday.

Zuckerberg noted that figure equates to approximately one in seven people on the planet.

"I'm so proud of our community for the progress we've made," he wrote. "Our community stands for giving every person a voice, for promoting understanding and for including everyone in the opportunities of our modern world. A more open and connected world is a better world."

The top "liked" comment to Zuckerberg's post came from user Susan Chesney: "In the 2011 earthquake in Japan - my family wouldn't have known that my kids and I were ok...or our whereabouts if it weren't for FB. Normal email communication and phone lines were down, but thank goodness FB was up!"

"It's amazing to hear this story," Zuckerberg replied. "This is what motivates us to keep making Facebook better."

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