Five million users!
Penulis: Everett
URL: http://multiply.multiply.com/journal/item/162/Five_million_users
While a cursory Web search for “five million” returns an inordinate amount of doom and gloom, we at Multiply just came across a positive instance of the number.
We’re quite proud (overjoyed, really!) to announce that in the early hours this morning, our five millionth registered user joined Multiply. Even more awesome is the fact that we only passed the four million mark less than two and a half months ago! To us, this is nothing short of phenomenal — the first million took nearly a year and a half!
Just to give you an idea of the scale, this means that if Multiply were a US metropolitan area, our population would be closing in on the Dallas/Ft. Worth area. As a country in Europe, we’d be about on par with Denmark and Finland! As a Philippine province, it’d be nearly one and a half Cebus!
Numbers may be impressive to throw around, but when one remembers that this is a measurement of the number of people who’ve joined Multiply, it seems even more monumental. Five million people now have access to a better way to securely share their memories with more of the people who matter to them.
So while we’d like to personally thank each and every person who’s joined so far… that could be a bit difficult. So we’ll thank all of you at once — you can share. 🙂
chantal86 wrote on Jun 6, ’07, edited on Jun 6, ’07
YAY MULTIPLY!! Even our dog has one 😉
we love multiply 🙂
afterinfo wrote on Jun 6, ’07, edited on Jun 6, ’07
R E S P E C T – T O – M U L T I P L Y & MILLIONS MORE YET TO JOIN
And a Hip Hip Hooray Too Pez
tracy wrote on Jun 6, ’07
That’s awesome!!! Congrats!
agen31 wrote on Jun 6, ’07
Congrats Mulitply! I was a firm believer even way back then!
karlcrockets wrote on Jun 6, ’07
CONGRATS! MULTIPLY
markhowansky wrote on Jun 6, ’07
I want to get some credit for that Walter, becuase I just got my whole hockey team to join!
ukishun wrote on Jun 6, ’07
Congrats ^^ You guys have done an awesome job!
wingcom wrote on Jun 6, ’07
congratulations
michellemb wrote on Jun 6, ’07
Congratulations!!! Thank you for the free space and keep up the great job! More power! 🙂
danbirchall wrote on Jun 7, ’07
Okay, Multiply SQL-query geeks, how many are active?
I know. Need to define active. Let’s say… how many unique Multiply accounts have been accessed within the past 2 weeks, that were created prior to the past 2 weeks, and have not since been canceled?
randygiggs27 wrote on Jun 7, ’07
i love multiply…
kaybeeenji wrote on Jun 7, ’07
yeeeeyyyyyyyy congratulations
adultfantasy wrote on Jun 7, ’07
WELL CONGRATULATIONS… PLEASE RETURN THE ADULT CATEGORY ON GROUPS PLEASE…THANKS…MORE POWER
adultfantasy wrote on Jun 7, ’07
I AM A CERTIFIED MULTIPLY ADDICT
CONGRATS TO MULTIPLY…
francescabahug wrote on Jun 7, ’07
WOW, congratulations. You guys are doing an amazing job.
zettaiseigi wrote on Jun 7, ’07
Congrats to everyone at Multiply!!!
worldoflai wrote on Jun 7, ’07
It’s not surprising that people will love multiply but it’s shocking that 5 million love it all at the same time! ^_^
janujennifer wrote on Jun 7, ’07
congratulations, multiply! you guys deserve a big round of applause for making all of this work. it’s great being here, and i will always love it here….looking forward to great new options and changes. good luck!
darmasdt wrote on Jun 7, ’07
Multiply is truly powered by love between friends interconnected in it. Friendship and love from the hearts.
And since it is powered by love, it will be something huge; far bigger beyond any other things out there!
syedrakshan wrote on Jun 7, ’07
great news….congrats mulply
aboboto wrote on Jun 7, ’07
congratulations to multiply! Mabuhay ang Pilipinas!
soleilnyc wrote on Jun 7, ’07
Holy crap, are there THAT many Filipinos on here that it was put in Cebu terms? Is that the whole community? Americans and Filipinos, five million strong? That said, that was a pretty cool shout out.
lalainern wrote on Jun 7, ’07
congrats for multiply! keep up the good work!
nihoneymoon wrote on Jun 7, ’07
congrats, felicidades ^_^
paulescobar wrote on Jun 7, ’07
I LOVE MULTIPLY!!! 🙂 Though I’m not from cebu, i’m still proud to be part of the Philippines nevertheless haha
puma1504 wrote on Jun 7, ’07
adultfantasy said
I AM A CERTIFIED MULTIPLY ADDICT
me2 ! ! !
puma1504 wrote on Jun 7, ’07
4 EVERYTHING !
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puma1504 wrote on Jun 7, ’07
clap clap clap
bravo bravo bravo
love love love
peace peace peace
! ! !
kwinofharts wrote on Jun 7, ’07
Nice feat, guys! I’ve been inviting all close friends continuously. You’ve got a great and “secure” site!
iampaulkristian wrote on Jun 7, ’07
thanks guys!
the Pinoys love you guys!
masterryoaska wrote on Jun 7, ’07
We love Multiply! We would we be without Multiply! (^o^)/
jankurdt wrote on Jun 7, ’07
congratulations, guys! 🙂 i’m new but so far, it’s been great… 🙂
mehn wrote on Jun 7, ’07
Congrats! Love Multiply so much
ยินดีด้วยครับ
From user in Thailand
morticiaaddams wrote on Jun 7, ’07
*breaks into song*
congratulations and celebrations lalalalalalalalalaaaaaa~
😀
crzwaco wrote on Jun 7, ’07
Thats nice to hear. Congratz
djdraki wrote on Jun 7, ’07
csáá mindenkinek
vonjoseph wrote on Jun 7, ’07
congratuwations…
jomyutnet wrote on Jun 7, ’07
congratulations ^_^
jnamakulit wrote on Jun 7, ’07
Multiply was in a major publication here in the Philippines, the Manila Bulletin.. It’s not actually a writing about multiply, its with yahoo closing some of its services.. But it is written there, a suggestion, telling people that a newer site is becoming phenomenal, easy to use and much more of services – Multiply!!
partyboyz wrote on Jun 7, ’07
Gefeliciteerd!!!
diamme wrote on Jun 7, ’07
i always thought multiply’s the most “original” when i joined back in ’04 though i only had a few contacts. and i was right. now a lot have joined in. GO!
afterinfo wrote on Jun 7, ’07
I Myself have been trying also to fill the gap where yahoo photo users are having a hard job to find a new community to join & have been posting hundreds of items in different places to try n draw them in to here.. If multiply can reach 5 million they surely can handle those 37 million that use the yahoo photo items,
walter wrote on Jun 7, ’07, edited on Jun 7, ’07
markhowansky said
I want to get some credit for that Walter, becuase I just got my whole hockey team to join!
Drinks on me next time we hang! Thanks for the support…
spawnist wrote on Jun 7, ’07
multiply said
Thank you!
thank you too 🙂
keep up the good work, Multiply!
1scrapper wrote on Jun 7, ’07
I love Multiply and the chance it gives to make new friends.
I am addicted !
tritomnyx wrote on Jun 7, ’07
multiply is such a big hit here in philippines! hail multiply!
stec wrote on Jun 8, ’07
This is fantastic news I’m so happy for the site and proud to say I was an early adopter & financial backer hehe and I have my Platinum account to prove it hehe plus I think I bragged all over the new how amazing this site is and got lots of people to join! WTG MULTIPLY!!!!
paulinedelange wrote on Jun 8, ’07
COOL! I got my account in 2005, and since then, I’ve gotten soooo much people hooked on to multiply, as a matter of fact, my whole school and neighborhood is now on multiply XD
how do I get a gold account? 😀
kitsunesuppi wrote on Jun 8, ’07
cheers!
seoulninja wrote on Jun 8, ’07
congratulations all the way from the Philippines~
enniarief wrote on Jun 8, ’07
Long life MULTIPLY ……!
For everything and your supports
sakurablue13 wrote on Jun 8, ’07
congratulations!!!!
5 millions means 2/3 of the citizen of my lovely Jakarta!!! ^__^
jc1975 wrote on Jun 8, ’07
congratulations multiply… keep rockin’!!!
i have encouraged all my friends to have a multiply account, and i just invited another one today… i can’t have a single day pass without getting online here. you did a great job guys… c”,)
bearing85 wrote on Jun 8, ’07
aloha..im a newbie..hope to get more friends here..
kisskisswatson wrote on Jun 8, ’07
awesome! and you guys gave a shout out to us Cebuanos too! 😀
a hearty congratulations multiply! 😀
trishalavittae wrote on Jun 8, ’07
Congratulation to MULTIPLY! Hurray!!
jorelpogi wrote on Jun 8, ’07
CONGRATULATIONS STAFF OF MULTIPLY! YOU GUYS ARE AWESOME!
tin10 wrote on Jun 8, ’07
congratulations!…
roonya wrote on Jun 8, ’07
thanks ya
weedmeister wrote on Jun 9, ’07
w00t!!!! I LURVE MULTIPLY!!!!
weedmeister wrote on Jun 9, ’07
kisskisswatson said
awesome! and you guys gave a shout out to us Cebuanos too! 😀
damn straight!!!!!
kyuutoupohiesensei wrote on Jun 9, ’07
hmmm…i found so many new friends and cool MP3s here. Thankz mp!
gutocps wrote on Jun 9, ’07
I prefer quality to quantity!
orkut.com reached 50 million users worldwide, most of them from my country Brazil, but when I compare orkut with Multiply, you guys did a better job in every little aspect!
zuwairi wrote on Jun 9, ’07
congrats multiply!
belettelantin wrote on Jun 9, ’07
congrats multiply!
what can i say?
multiply is the love… <3
femalle wrote on Jun 9, ’07
yihaaa congrats Multiply!
misterwang wrote on Jun 9, ’07
MULTIPLY made me meet lot of wonderful people
I came from China now living a good life in the Philippines
Met new multiply users every day for coffee talking about anything
All because multiply bridge the gap
Thank you
najcore wrote on Jun 9, ’07
multiply is amazing spectacular awesome and jfbsdjfhkjhdfakh!
keep it up, please oh please?
logikos wrote on Jun 9, ’07
Prefira a caridade sempre.
logikos wrote on Jun 9, ’07
logikos said
Prefira a caridade sempre.
swerver wrote on Jun 9, ’07
wawawiwa!
adhikusumaputra wrote on Jun 9, ’07
Thank you MULTIPLY from Jakarta
16j42 wrote on Jun 9, ’07
G R E A T MP!
studioz wrote on Jun 9, ’07
Congrats Multiply!
insel wrote on Jun 9, ’07
Thank you for making 5 million people very happy! Keep up the good work! – from the Philippines
dittas wrote on Jun 9, ’07
congratulations multiply and find more millions friends
mangx7 wrote on Jun 9, ’07
Congrats.. thumbs up!
ericseexu wrote on Jun 10, ’07, edited on Jun 10, ’07
Congrats! Keep up the great work guys!
By the way… We run on “Pocky” in our office too! :O)
crushedblackice wrote on Jun 10, ’07
nice to know Multiply recognizes the large number of Filipinos/Filipinas with nothing to do. 😉 Rock on, Multiply.
thedudeoforkut wrote on Jun 10, ’07
danbirchall said
Okay, Multiply SQL-query geeks, how many are active?
Or how many users have more than one account.
firestarlet wrote on Jun 10, ’07
Whoooopeeeyyyyy~~
Btw, Multiply has been mentioned in today’s newspaper in Singapore to be one of the TOP FOUR social networkin sites around!! Congrats congrats congrats!!!
*skips & throws confettis around*
peiyeechang wrote on Jun 10, ’07
it is great
philipv wrote on Jun 10, ’07
This is great. Anyway, now that Zooomr has its API, I hope Multiply can import photos from Zooomr.
nickron wrote on Jun 10, ’07
Congrats and THANK YOU VERY MUCH!
clyderoda wrote on Jun 10, ’07
Thanks .. and More Power.. God Bless Us!!!
misundahstood wrote on Jun 10, ’07
congrats :]
sniperuae wrote on Jun 10, ’07
hi wanna be friends ^_^
cesarimperator wrote on Jun 10, ’07
you deserve it. Multiply is the best by far.
danikook wrote on Jun 11, ’07
Just curious, is Multiply originated by Filipinos and based in the Philippines?
I’m new here, so scuse my being an ignoramus..
wishknew wrote on Jun 11, ’07
Great thanks!! You rock!
spld97 wrote on Jun 11, ’07
lynwilliams wrote on Jun 11, ’07
uhu!
kethrek wrote on Jun 12, ’07, edited on Jun 12, ’07
! Thanks & Congratulations !
martinagabrielle wrote on Jun 12, ’07
multiply said
As a Philippine province, it’d be nearly one and a half Cebus!
mabuhay. :))
congratulations multiply. 😉
uniqme wrote on Jun 12, ’07
multiply said
Even more awesome is the fact that we only passed the four million mark less than two and a half months ago! To us, this is nothing short of phenomenal — the first million took nearly a year and a half!
wow…..
Congrats! Keep up the excellent work, Multiply!
*Pocky’s on the house*
hdebruyne wrote on Jun 12, ’07
Congrats! Keep up the good work!
lyrshe wrote on Jun 12, ’07
Congrats multiply! Had been an avid fan since from the start. Way to go!
raspberry14 wrote on Jun 12, ’07
congrats do your work forever i love what you do
4chemins wrote on Jun 12, ’07
I love Multiply. It helps me to preach the gospel and spread the Good News of the Kingdom.
jaysonjames wrote on Jun 12, ’07, edited on Jun 12, ’07
congrats! yeah multiply is nice than friendster hehe! 🙂
proud to say from PHILIPPINES! 🙂
joeyoliver wrote on Jun 12, ’07
one and a half cebus? ahahah
nice!!!
esstoo wrote on Jun 12, ’07
Congratulations and Thank you Multiply … here’s to the the next 5M!!! … in fact let’s not only multiply in numbers but exponentially instead!!!
muyee wrote on Jun 12, ’07
hi Multiply! i have a question! how can i add these 5 Million people? im serious. i want to add many people in less effort possible. Coz if I do it one by one, I’ll lose my fingers.
muyee wrote on Jun 12, ’07
hi Multiply! i have a question! how can i add these 5 Million people? im serious. i want to add many people in less effort possible. Coz if I do it one by one, I’ll lose my fingers.
printf wrote on Jun 12, ’07
So, uuuhhhh…. I’m guessing that’s at least part of why the site is so slow of late, then…
saibhakta wrote on Jun 12, ’07
CONGRATULATIONS
DEAREST MULTIPLY STAFF!!
WE LOVE U!
griyazulfa wrote on Jun 12, ’07
thats a GREAT achievement guys. Congratulation ya 🙂
griyazulfa wrote on Jun 12, ’07
uhm, one question, do you have any Idea how many people from indonesia, or indonesian in the 5 million?
yoursunshinegirl wrote on Jun 13, ’07
hoooray, MULTIPLY! multiply is very popular in the Philippines, y’know?!
yoursunshinegirl wrote on Jun 13, ’07
every morning i make it a point to check multiply! and yeah, the Pinoys love multiply!
djnosta2larue wrote on Jun 13, ’07
big up
nowieh08 wrote on Jun 14, ’07
oh yeahhhhh! =)
i’m from cebu.. hahahahaha!
bawahlaut wrote on Jun 14, ’07
congratulation, but i do find that there are a lot of downtime lately? it’s often quite difficult to open my site!
kennethlau wrote on Jun 15, ’07
congratulation!i love multiply!
melapnt wrote on Jun 15, ’07
congratulations mutiply!you are the best!
pinkpumpkin wrote on Jun 15, ’07
I’m from the Philippines but I don’t live in Cebu! And I loooove Multiply!
riannasalonga wrote on Jun 16, ’07
cool..multiply desreves it..=) ilove multiply! congrats!
dartz wrote on Jun 16, ’07
nice job multiply, im multiplyng my clients too here on mutliply 🙂 heheh..
NICE WORK!
-jakarta, indonesia.
anilprasanth wrote on Jun 18, ’07
hi
xypotecka wrote on Jun 19, ’07
its addictive- congrats
sweetvoice17 wrote on Jun 19, ’07
Love multiply so much, Cause I can update my family and friends outside the Philippines. Also I can keep in touch with them also. THANK YOU for putting up multiply. I hope their would be new things that you can introduce in Multiply. More power!!!!!!!!!!!! Wohoooo MULTIPLY is the best!!!
kangbayu wrote on Jun 20, ’07, edited on Jun 20, ’07
In Indonesia, here we have our own MP community that has activities stretched far outside the virtual world. In fact, we’ll be celebrating our 3rd anniversary this July 7th. And btw, curiously enough, I finds many local well-known people are joining Multiply time after time, and this includes writers, magazine editors, TV hosts, even politician!
Congrats on the 5-mil record, and on introducing us to each-others!
lancruzz wrote on Jun 20, ’07
Thank U Multiply
manuyopai wrote on Jun 20, ’07
Let us MULTIPLY…
srisariningdiyah wrote on Jun 20, ’07
congratulations dear MULTIPLY!!!!
titetannante wrote on Jun 21, ’07
hey gang
shrekidoodoo wrote on Jun 21, ’07
Yes. Multiply Rules.
thenextradiostar wrote on Jun 21, ’07
congratulations…
woooohoooo im from CEBU
dantcer wrote on Jun 24, ’07
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
sufi786 wrote on Jun 29, ’07, edited on Jun 29, ’07
THATS GREAT , MULTIPLY DESERVER’S IT AND MORE , CONGRATULATIONS MULTIPLY STAFF
joeyg91 wrote on Jul 4, ’07
multiply said
As a Philippine province, it’d be nearly one and a half Cebus!
Do you have a filipino on your working team? nice that you guys are citing the philippines hehe..
budsconvo wrote on Aug 3, ’07
I LOVE MULTIPLY! THE GREATEST PHENOMENON THAT HAPPENED IN THE INTERNET!!! CONGRATULATIONS! HOOOORAAAAY PHILIPPINES! THANK YOU MULTIPLY!
jimmyykc wrote on Aug 10, ’07, edited on Aug 10, ’07
MULTIPLY-MANAGEMENT REALLY DID A GREAT JOB!
CHEER UP!
http://jimmyykc.multiply.com
sioe wrote on Aug 20, ’07
congratulations to multiply for reaching 5 millions users
go multiply
futureechoes wrote on Aug 25, ’07
multiply is multiplying!
bijik wrote on Aug 25, ’07
aaalfetouh wrote on Aug 26, ’07
Hi,
Thanks so much for ur efforts..
wish to be good friends.. me and all of ur team work and all subscriber..
good luck..
and ..
Thanks again
Ahmed
babsky69 wrote on Aug 30, ’07
ok
simplychiara wrote on Aug 30, ’07
permita que le dé la enhorabuena
jeabja101 wrote on Sep 19, ’07
I’m new to multiply n got hook up by friend who use n recommend…and i was glad tht i believe in them, its cool and user friendly…thanx all ur works..
phgiveaways wrote on Sep 22, ’07
Congrats Multiply…..
k9counsellor wrote on Oct 25, ’07
I’m a Yahoo 360 rescue and we are all delighted with Multiply. We wouldn’t have known about it if it hadn’t been for Yahoo leaving us totally stranded as they attempted to force us into Mash. My friends are all going on Multiply as well so we can stay as the community we were on 360. I must say though we tried just about any and every community sites about before multiply and once found! We all came to Multiply because it was the best about.
superying wrote on Oct 31, ’07
here i met a lot of ralationship. Thanks for your efforts … ^^
respectclothing wrote on Dec 11, ’07
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
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justdave wrote on Jan 16, ’08
Does that 5 million include the users who are no longer able to log in as a result of termination of their account because they violated the terms of service? Or is that actual active accounts?
cezkaj wrote on Feb 20, ’08
yey!
maburdi2002 wrote on Mar 2, ’08
hi every body
orgulaschubb wrote on Mar 27, ’08
i’ ve been enjoying multiply i think since it’s started. congratulations and i hope you’ll increase your network. 🙂
bromart wrote on Mar 29, ’08, edited on Mar 29, ’08
congrats to multiply but I wonder if multiply could improve on the aspect of chat service in order to cater the chat addict of yahoo messenger?
bromart wrote on Mar 29, ’08
perhaps you can integrate with yahoo messenger to get the sevice on webcam idea, chatting and sending pictures.
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painkiller4you wrote on Aug 30, ’08
hello everyone ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, sami here
km83collection wrote on Sep 11, ’08
SElamat atuh
tokekcom wrote on Sep 13, ’08
great … hebat… …bravo….salut dah…
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innntan wrote on Oct 12, ’08
nice
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beatwixie wrote on Oct 29, ’08
i love multiply! 🙂 keep up the good work, Multiply!
danido wrote on Dec 25, ’08
Congrats!
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