'Facebook Is Overpopulated' Hoax

There are many complaints that facebook has become unacceptably slow, The report shows that facebook has a number of nonactive members. They want us to re-post this message to see who is active and who is not. If you don't post this message within 2 weeks... you will be removed in order to get more space. Post this on you wall to show that you are active in facebook

2009 example:
As posted on Facebook, March 22, 2009:

Attention all Facebook users
Facebook is recently becoming very overpopulated, There have been many members complaining that Facebook is becoming very slow.Record shows that the reason is that there are too many non-active Facebook members And on the other side too many new Facebook members. We will be sending this messages around to see if the Members are active or not,If you're active please send to 15 other users using Copy+Paste to show that you are active Those who do not send this message within 2 weeks, The user will be deleted without hesitation to create more space, If Facebook is still overpopulated we kindly ask for donations but until then send this message to all your friends and make sure you send message to show me that your active and not deleted.
Founder of Facebook
Mark Zuckerberg

Analysis: False. There's nothing original about this hoax except that as of 2007 it found its way onto a new platform, Facebook. Prank messages threatening Internet users with cancellation if they don't prove their accounts are "active" date back to 1999.
For the record, Facebook officials have made no such announcement. Businesses operating on this scale don't issue misspelled and ungrammatical chain letters to their members. Even if they did, they wouldn't say they "need to get rid of some people" to make room for everyone else.
File this message in the trash bin where it belongs.

References:-
http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/internet/a/facebook.htm

http://news.asiaone.com/News/Latest+News/DigitalOne/Story/A1Story20110110-257302.html

http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/military/ss/Derek-Wyatt.htm