Facebook普林斯頓互嗆 到底誰會先完蛋

Facebook has hit back at a controversial Princeton study that claimed it would 'die like a virus' and lose 80% of its users by 2015.

Facebook對近期普林斯頓大學發佈的一項有爭議的研究進行了反擊，該研究稱到2015年，“Facebook就會像病毒傳播一樣”流失80%的用戶。

Researchers at the social network say the study is fatally flawed - and turned it on Princeton to prove their point.

Facebook的研究員表示，這項研究完全是扯淡，還以其人之道還治其人之身了一把。

Using the University's own method, it found Princeton would have no students by 2021.

根據普林斯頓大學的研究方法，Facebook的研究人員得出結論，到2021年，普林斯頓大學將會門下無人。

Mike Develin, Lada Adamic, and Sean Taylor, of Facebook's data team, used the same methods as the original paper to show that Princeton was facing a decline in undergraduates of 50 per cent in the next four years and would have none at all by 2021.

Facebook找來了Mike Develin、Lada Adamic 和 Sean Taylor 這三位研究者，用普林斯頓大學的研究方法，證明在未來4年裏，普林斯頓大學將流失50%的學生，到2021年，普林斯頓大學將要關門。

'Like many of you, we were intrigued by a recent article by Princeton researchers predicting the imminent demise of Facebook,' they wrote.

Facebook的研究員們寫道，“和你們大多數人一樣，我們也對普林斯頓大學最近的一項研究感到好奇。這項研究竟然預測出了Facebook即將銷聲匿跡的結局”。

'Using the same robust methodology featured in the paper, we attempted to find out more about this 'Princeton University' - and you won't believe what we found!

“我們用了和普林大神們一樣穩健的科學方法來對普林斯頓大學進行研究，你絕對不會相信我們得出了什麼樣的結論！”

'our research unequivocally demonstrated that Princeton may be in danger of disappearing entirely.'

“我們的研究明確地指出，普林斯頓大學大學將命不久矣。”

They also used the same logic to show the world will run out of air by 2060.

Facebook的研究者們還用同樣的邏輯研究起了地球上空氣的消耗情況，得出“到2060年地球上將不會剩下空氣”的結論。

'We don’t really think Princeton or the world’s air supply is going anywhere soon,' they said. 'We love Princeton (and air).

“我們真的不希望普林斯頓大學或者是地球上的空氣消失，因爲我們愛普林斯頓，也愛空氣。”

'As data scientists, we wanted to give a fun reminder that not all research is created equal – and some methods of analysis lead to pretty crazy conclusions,they said in a blog post.

研究員們在博客最後寫道，“作爲數據專家，我們只是想風趣地提醒大家，不是所有研究都可以用相同的方法來驗證的，用某些方法得出的結論只會貽笑大方。”