Facebook has shut down its Lite site which was aimed at users who had dial up or poor internet connections.

The lite version only ran for seven months and Facebook has posted a note on its own fan page saying it had "learned a lot from the test of a slimmed-down site". The problem was that the site was not being used, mostly because too much much Facebook was cut out from it. Especially the bits that the social notworking site made case from.

"I think a lot of the Facebook experience was left out of Lite, especially the monetisable parts," said Ray Valdes of Gartner Research. The Lite site ended up being was similar to Twitter because it offered a smaller number of features than the fully-fledged site.

In fact all Facebook Lite users could do was let users write on their wall, post photos and videos, view events and browse other people's profiles. There were no games which Facebook users play or other applications. Facebook Lite appeared to be popular among those who wanted to check their messages while at work. This mostly because it was rarely blocked by network admins who didn't know it existed.