ABOUT one million Facebook members worldwide weighed in online with Michael Jackson comments while watching live online video of the revered King of Pop's memorial in Los Angeles.
Facebook "update" messages were fired off at feverish rates, with comments tied to CNN Live video feeds peaking at 6000 per minute, the social networking website said.
"The 6000 is just for CNN Live," said Facebook marketing directory Randi Zuckerberg.
"It is significantly higher than that when you factor in E! Online, ABC, and MTV which each have their own Facebook Connect implementations."
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Facebook users worldwide were sharing updates and thoughts while watching free streaming video of the memorial at CNN Live, ABC, and E! Online websites.
Facebook reported that 759,000 Facebook users watched the memorial event online at CNN Live, with 87,000 others opting for E! Online and 97,000 viewing video feeds at ABC websites. Approximately 21,000 Facebook members watched the memorial online at MTV, according to the popular California-based online social-networking service.
"The most interesting thing is how many people are writing in internationally," Mr Zuckerberg said, referring to Facebook updates from Switzerland, Israel, Britain and Barbados.
"The inauguration was certainly a US-centred event, and the Jackson memorial seems to have a huge international presence."
Facebook posts during the memorial included a user identified as Elycia Cook of Japan saying, "I am at work in my MJ T-shirt trying to get something done between the tears and popping in and off of CNN".
Another Facebook user theorised that in many parts of the world, "nothing will be getting done right now".
Facebook rival MySpace also streamed the memorial event online, but viewer figures were not immediately available.
'Four million watchers a minute'
Online video news traffic in the United States, Europe, and other places around the globe surged above normal during the memorial, according to Akamai Technologies which specialises in delivering data online. At times nearly four million people per minute were watching the event streamed online, Akamai said in postings at Twitter.
"We expected it to be a large global event online and planned accordingly," said Akamai spokeswoman Helen Yang.
Facebook status updates, essentially brief posted thoughts at given moments, related to the Barack Obama inauguration peaked at 8000 per minute at the start of his swearing-in ceremony. A total of 1.8 million Facebook status updates containing the word "Obama" were sent on the day he was inaugurated, according to Facebook.
Facebook "update" messages were fired off at feverish rates, with comments tied to CNN Live video feeds peaking at 6000 per minute, the social networking website said.
"The 6000 is just for CNN Live," said Facebook marketing directory Randi Zuckerberg.
"It is significantly higher than that when you factor in E! Online, ABC, and MTV which each have their own Facebook Connect implementations."
More on the Michael Jackson memorial service.
Facebook users worldwide were sharing updates and thoughts while watching free streaming video of the memorial at CNN Live, ABC, and E! Online websites.
Facebook reported that 759,000 Facebook users watched the memorial event online at CNN Live, with 87,000 others opting for E! Online and 97,000 viewing video feeds at ABC websites. Approximately 21,000 Facebook members watched the memorial online at MTV, according to the popular California-based online social-networking service.
"The most interesting thing is how many people are writing in internationally," Mr Zuckerberg said, referring to Facebook updates from Switzerland, Israel, Britain and Barbados.
"The inauguration was certainly a US-centred event, and the Jackson memorial seems to have a huge international presence."
Facebook posts during the memorial included a user identified as Elycia Cook of Japan saying, "I am at work in my MJ T-shirt trying to get something done between the tears and popping in and off of CNN".
Another Facebook user theorised that in many parts of the world, "nothing will be getting done right now".
Facebook rival MySpace also streamed the memorial event online, but viewer figures were not immediately available.
'Four million watchers a minute'
Online video news traffic in the United States, Europe, and other places around the globe surged above normal during the memorial, according to Akamai Technologies which specialises in delivering data online. At times nearly four million people per minute were watching the event streamed online, Akamai said in postings at Twitter.
"We expected it to be a large global event online and planned accordingly," said Akamai spokeswoman Helen Yang.
Facebook status updates, essentially brief posted thoughts at given moments, related to the Barack Obama inauguration peaked at 8000 per minute at the start of his swearing-in ceremony. A total of 1.8 million Facebook status updates containing the word "Obama" were sent on the day he was inaugurated, according to Facebook.
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