It’s clear that Facebook isn’t going to stop with 1 billion users now will it stop when everyone is connected to the Internet either.
While some people might say that Facebook wants more users, his vision is really to make the world (quite literally!) to be more open and connected by spreading the internet itself independent of either income or location.
Yes, we’re talking about Internet.org for which he wrote a 10-page whitepaper himself and will partner with six telecommunication and mobile communication to encourage web access.
Their objective is to not only ensure that everyone gets a smartphone but also has access to data that is economical and which will come as a result of new network structures and data compression technologies built from this partnership. This is vital since owning a smartphone isn’t expensive but the data that powers it.
But does Facebook have an ulterior motive in rolling out this project? Most experts believe that it is more altruistic in nature for the simple reason that the idea has been around since 2004.
Come to think of it, even Facebook benefits, think of the benefits it offers every person on this planet in terms of economic mobility, education and empowerment.
And it should be surprising that in a recent interview that Zuckerberg revealed how he idolized Gates’ vision to have a computer in everyone’s home, and would like Facebook to be defined as a company that changed the world in a similar yet concrete manner.
Yet most of all, he also believes that even though a lot of people might not like Facebook, they still have a desire to stay connected – it is, according to him, a strong reason “why we’re all here”.