Who the hell on earth starting the rumor of Facebook’s shutting down? It seems like nothing more than just an awful joke but as a matter a fact, this rumor is spreading fast on the net like an epidemic disease. Facebook is the largest social network on the net and no wonder, lots of people especially members are really concern about this rumor.

You must be living in the deep of jungle if you never hear this rumor but let me remind you about it. The rumor said that Facebook will be shut down its operation on March 15, 2011, not temporary or maintenance but for good. This epidemic rumor infected the netizens shown on Google Trends. Tons of mailing lists and discussion forums all over the net are also talking about this controversial rumor and off course, there are many speculations on it.

Facebook’s shut down also becomes trending topics on Twitter. Lots of people tweet their opinion about the rumor. Some just spread the epidemic rumor wider, some try to analyze it while others just take it easy. Off course, the biggest effect comes to Facebook hard core users. March, 15 is only a matter of days and if the rumor true, that’s the days left to them. The fact is lots of people really take this rumor seriously. They mention their concern about this rumor on their Facebook page and just like the classic Facebook’s way; there is a group dedicated to stop Facebook from shutting down.

What’s on earth for God’s sake made this silly rumor becomes everybody’s concern? Well, some shocking news on this industry may lead this wide spreading panic. Just last month, Yahoo officially announced that it will close Yahoo Video service, and yes, at the very date of March, 15. This is a huge news of course but it doesn’t make that March, 15 is the internet’s doomsday.

But Yahoo’s decision isn’t the only thing to blame for this pandemic panic. Recently, there’s an opinion published on CNN that Goldman Sachs investment could become ‘the beginning of the end’ for Facebook. At least, 5,000 likes show many people on Facebook agree about it and this could be partially blamed. The case is starting to be much brighter with the ABC News speculation that the satirical post on Weekly World News on early January could be the beginning of this catastrophic rumor.

Let’s get chilled and start to become realistic. Facebook isn’t only a popular social network with 500 million users. It is also a very huge business. Some said that it worth $50 billion. There’s no one on earth want to shut such a huge business like this. Moreover, Goldman Sach’s $500 million investment on Facebook becomes the most realistic reason why Facebook won’t be shutting down anytime soon. Now, those Facebook pranks could be calm with the latest official respond from Facebook that the rumor is nothing that a silly bull. Facebook isn’t going anywhere and will do everything to keep their crown in the social network industry.