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Most people have Facebook accounts, so they wouldn't see the login screen that you see.

by aembleton 10y ago

herbst 10y ago
Seriously? i was not aware of that.
- squeaky-clean 10y ago
  Over a billion daily active users, 1.65 billion monthly. That's not including users who have an account but are not actively using it. Odds are very good that if someone has internet access, they also have a Facebook account. https://investor.fb.com/investor-news/press-release-details/2016/Facebook-Reports-First-Quarter-2016-Results-and-Announces-Proposal-for-New-Class-of-Stock/default.aspx https://investor.fb.com/investor-news/press-release-details/...
  - herbst 10y ago
    thats not even a fourth of humanity. if we exclude china who can not visit any of our news outlets anyway its still less than the half. Do you seriously suggest that all these people should create facebook accounts, including all the privacy issues, just so they can consume news without the half screen dedicated to forcing them to create a account? seriously?
    - squeaky-clean 10y ago
      > thats not even a fourth of humanity. And only 40% of humanity has an internet connection [0]. If we subtract the 22% from China, then yes, more than 50% of people who are able to access www.facebook.com have an account and visit it at least once a month. These internet statistics also include all ages with access to internet, so infants and children too. You need to be 13 to have a FB account (as if that stops anyone), so that excludes an additional ~17% [1] of internet users. [0] http://www.internetlivestats.com/internet-users/ http://www.internetlivestats.com/internet-users/ [1] http://www.census.gov/population/international/data/idb/worldpop.php http://www.census.gov/population/international/data/idb/worl... I also managed to find a site claiming that FB had 158.4 million users in the United States in 2015, but with nothing to back that number up. http://www.statista.com/statistics/408971/number-of-us-facebook-users/ http://www.statista.com/statistics/408971/number-of-us-faceb... > Do you seriously suggest that all these people should create facebook accounts, including all the privacy issues, just so they can consume news without the half screen dedicated to forcing them to create a account? seriously? No, I don't. I never said that and don't know why you're trying to argue this against me. Seriously? I'm not saying whether or not they should, just that they already have.
  - herbst 10y ago
    According this number http://www.internetlivestats.com/internet-users/ http://www.internetlivestats.com/internet-users/ your claim that "most" or pretty much anyone who has internet has facebook is wrong as well. Again its less than the half.
    - squeaky-clean 10y ago
      Actually about half of the internet uses use Facebook every single month. If you include the number of people with a Facebook account that do not use it monthly, that total number is obviously higher, not lower. Since your link estimates 3.4 billion users (half of which is 1.7 billion), and 1.65 billion use it every month, that's almost exactly half. Again, this is only monthly active users, and not total users.
      - herbst 10y ago
        total users also is no relevant messurement tho. I have had about 10-20 accounts so far (as you need this shit for everything) but never actually _used_ facebook. But i see your point.

Most people have Facebook accounts, so they wouldn't see the login screen that you see.

herbst 10y ago

Seriously? i was not aware of that.

squeaky-clean 10y ago
Over a billion daily active users, 1.65 billion monthly. That's not including users who have an account but are not actively using it. Odds are very good that if someone has internet access, they also have a Facebook account. https://investor.fb.com/investor-news/press-release-details/2016/Facebook-Reports-First-Quarter-2016-Results-and-Announces-Proposal-for-New-Class-of-Stock/default.aspx https://investor.fb.com/investor-news/press-release-details/...
- herbst 10y ago
  thats not even a fourth of humanity. if we exclude china who can not visit any of our news outlets anyway its still less than the half. Do you seriously suggest that all these people should create facebook accounts, including all the privacy issues, just so they can consume news without the half screen dedicated to forcing them to create a account? seriously?
  - squeaky-clean 10y ago
    > thats not even a fourth of humanity. And only 40% of humanity has an internet connection [0]. If we subtract the 22% from China, then yes, more than 50% of people who are able to access www.facebook.com have an account and visit it at least once a month. These internet statistics also include all ages with access to internet, so infants and children too. You need to be 13 to have a FB account (as if that stops anyone), so that excludes an additional ~17% [1] of internet users. [0] http://www.internetlivestats.com/internet-users/ http://www.internetlivestats.com/internet-users/ [1] http://www.census.gov/population/international/data/idb/worldpop.php http://www.census.gov/population/international/data/idb/worl... I also managed to find a site claiming that FB had 158.4 million users in the United States in 2015, but with nothing to back that number up. http://www.statista.com/statistics/408971/number-of-us-facebook-users/ http://www.statista.com/statistics/408971/number-of-us-faceb... > Do you seriously suggest that all these people should create facebook accounts, including all the privacy issues, just so they can consume news without the half screen dedicated to forcing them to create a account? seriously? No, I don't. I never said that and don't know why you're trying to argue this against me. Seriously? I'm not saying whether or not they should, just that they already have.
- herbst 10y ago
  According this number http://www.internetlivestats.com/internet-users/ http://www.internetlivestats.com/internet-users/ your claim that "most" or pretty much anyone who has internet has facebook is wrong as well. Again its less than the half.
  - squeaky-clean 10y ago
    Actually about half of the internet uses use Facebook every single month. If you include the number of people with a Facebook account that do not use it monthly, that total number is obviously higher, not lower. Since your link estimates 3.4 billion users (half of which is 1.7 billion), and 1.65 billion use it every month, that's almost exactly half. Again, this is only monthly active users, and not total users.
    - herbst 10y ago
      total users also is no relevant messurement tho. I have had about 10-20 accounts so far (as you need this shit for everything) but never actually _used_ facebook. But i see your point.