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> Does he really think a large and growing percentage of the planet uses his website? Yes. Because it's true. Facebook has more than a BILLION active users. L
by Tharkun 10y ago
> Does he really think a large and growing percentage of the planet uses his website?
Yes. Because it's true. Facebook has more than a BILLION active users. Let that sink in for a minute.
- sandworm101 10y agoSo, even accepting that (i dont) the vast magority of the planet do not use facebook. How many use telephones? How many use email?
- icebraining 10y agoWhat does it matter? A large percentage doesn't mean more than 50%, or more than competing services. And remember that those are just systems, not single companies. Frankly, if something I made had reached even 5% of the whole human population, I'd consider that freaking huge! Hell, I can't even imagine what it's like to have that much influence. Don't get me wrong: I dislike FB too, I don't use it, and I lobby against it when it comes up. But it is, unfortunately, rather big.
- floathub 10y agoBut do they? Do they really? I once setup a facebook account for a company (I have never had a personal account). They send that account an e-mail every day (and an SMS). Every day. If I had the e-mail account set to actually load images in the text of the e-mail, would they count those logged hits as an "active user". I suspect (albeit with no actual concrete evidence) that their "user" numbers are significantly over stated via mechanisms such as this.