03 December,2009 08:24 AM IST | | Agencies
A Facebook application allowing people to be virtual farmers has more users than the whole of Twitter, the social networking website said.
FarmVille, which was not developed by Facebook, lists almost 70 million monthly active users.
The game, from developers Zynga, allows users to plough, plant and harvest crops to earn money to expand their farms.
Micro-blogging site Twitter does not give directly comparable figures, but data from research firm Nielsen said traffic fell 27.8% between September and October to 18.9 million unique visitors.
Facebook's strategy head Trevor Johnson said, "Applications make up a huge part of Facebook. There are over 90,000 applications on Facebook.
"Sixty-nine million active users are using FarmVille alone, that's more users than Twitter."
Facebook has 350 million users around the world.
Network Jammed
Facebook, has decided to rid itself of regional networks like India and China in a bid to tighten its privacy policy.
Facebook users from India, who had opted for the "India" network, will now have to revise their settings. India has nearly 12 million Facebook users.
And there are numerous "India networks" the largest has 13,198 members. In the next couple of weeks Facebook will ask its users to review and update their privacy settings.
