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Facebook has hit back at a controversial Princeton study that claimed it would 'die like a virus' and lose 80% of its users by 2017. Facebook对近期普林斯顿大学发布的一项有争议的研究进行了反击，该研究称到2017年，“Facebook就会像病毒传播一样”流失80%的用户。 Researchers at the social network say the study is fatally flawed - and turned it on Princeton to prove their point. Facebook的研究员表示，这项研究完全是扯淡，还以其人之道还治其人之身了一把。 Using the University's own method, it found Princeton would have no students by 2021. 根据普林斯顿大学的研究方法，Facebook的研究人员得出结论，到2021年，普林斯顿大学将会门下无人。 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找来了Mike Develin、Lada Adamic 和 Sean Taylor 这三位研究者，用普林斯顿大学的研究方法，证明在未来4年里，普林斯顿大学将流失50%的学生，到2021年，普林斯顿大学将要关门。 'Like many of you, we were intrigued by a recent article by Princeton researchers predicting the imminent demise of Facebook,' they wrote. Facebook的研究员们写道，“和你们大多数人一样，我们也对普林斯顿大学最近的一项研究感到好奇。这项研究竟然预测出了Facebook即将销声匿迹的结局”。 | 
