Beware the Ides of March for on this date Mark Zuckerberg is to shut down Facebook...FOR EVER! Or so believe some internet users who are clearly a few chips short of a processor, Sneak was amused to note.

Rumours started on a fake news site claimed that the tousle-haired one had written that he was sick of running a company that has made him a multi-billionaire and seen his eerily shaped visage appear on the front of Time Magazine.

"Facebook has gotten out of control and the stress of managing this company has ruined my life. I need to put an end to all the madness," he didn't say at a non-existent news conference.

As such Zuckerberg claimed that on 15 March, users will no longer be able to access their Facebook accounts as the site will be shut down, adding, "I don't care about the money, I just want my old life back."

Avrat Humarthi, vice president of technical affairs at Facebook didn't add, "After March 15th the whole web site shuts down so if you ever want to see your pictures again, I recommend you take them off the internet."

Despite the clear madness (and location of such a story - the site also has a headline, "ALIEN SPACESHIPS TO ATTACK EARTH IN 2011"), thousands of morons rushed to tell their friends the grim news, wondering what they'd do with all the free time the closure of Facebook would actually add to their lives.

Perhaps Zuckerberg could comply with those who wish the site would close down due to privacy concerns, or parents yelling "get off Facebook and go outside and get some vitamin D!", and close the site for a day anyway - on 15 March, of course.

10 Jan 2011