Facebook closed its Facebook Lite project

New Delhi: Social networking site Facebook has closed its Facebook Lite, which was launched in September 2009 and was regarded as an option for people with slow internet connections.

On its official "fan page", Facebook confirms that it's ending the Facebook Lite project - "Thanks to everyone who tried out Facebook Lite. We're no longer supporting it, but learned a lot from the test of a slimmed-down site. If you used Lite, you'll now be taken to the main Facebook.com site," reads the announcement.

However, there were no further details mentioned on the site's closure. Industry observers believed that Facebook launched the barebone site to attract the users of the popular microblogging site Twitter.