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You probably don't realise how influential it is. Americans spend on average 50 minutes per day on Facebook [1]! That is a lot. It's probably the prime source o
by ricw 10y ago
You probably don't realise how influential it is. Americans spend on average 50 minutes per day on Facebook [1]! That is a lot. It's probably the prime source of news in the western world. This is not to be underestimated.
[1] https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/06/business/facebook-bends-the-rules-of-audience-engagement-to-its-advantage.html?_r=0 https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/06/business/facebook-bends-t...
- flootch 10y agoThank god for now that you are in error about that: > That’s the average amount of time, the company said, that users spend each day on its Facebook, Instagram and Messenger platforms (and that’s not counting the popular messaging app WhatsApp). So that's not Americans it's users, and it's not FB, but I am hopeful that it's Messenger, WhatsApp and Instagram, which I perceive for now are "task" based communications and sharing apps, not the "spam my friends and family with my political beliefs" stuff I don't want in nearly the amount that FB shovels at me. You had me scared there for a moment, but I bet you are more right than wrong in your basic point It's probably the prime source of news in the western world. This is not to be underestimated.
- anigbrowl 10y agoYou probably don't realise You probably don't gather enough information before jumping to conclusions. I am sick to the back teeth of people assuming disagreement must be a result of ignorance, doubly so for people whose idea of rebuttal is citing a single data point and extrapolating absurd conclusions from it.