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Please recall that the vast majority of Facebook users are not from the US. I'm not sure the scandal has been that much publicized or that their global image ha

Please recall that the vast majority of Facebook users are not from the US. I'm not sure the scandal has been that much publicized or that their global image has changed much to be honest.

Harvey-Specter 9y ago
My partner was born in Germany and most of her family still lives there so she keeps up with German news. She is under the impression that the scandal is getting more publicity and generating more outrage in Germany than it is here in Canada.
JumpCrisscross 9y ago
> the vast majority of Facebook users are not from the US 49% of Facebook's 2017 worldwide revenues came from the U.S. and Canada [1]. [1] https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1326801/000132680118000009/fb-12312017x10k.htm https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1326801/000132680118... page 37
- jobigoud 9y ago
  Yes but Facebook is driven by the network effect, and only 230M users are from the US, compared to the 2.2B global.
  - stephengillie 9y ago
    Americans are subsidising Facebook for the rest of the world? It seems like we should get more for our money.
    - lev99 9y ago
      If they have more revenue per person in the US it doesn't mean that they are losing money in their international business.
    - Lio 9y ago
      You mean American corporations. American users aren't Facebook's customers. All users are just product to Facebook. It could well be that Facebook's American corporate customers are more interested in worldwide product than domestic product.
r_singh 9y ago
Here in India it was on the front pages of most of the popular english newspapers. My dad, who is 50+ years old, knew about Cambridge Analytica few months from now because of a documentary related to Donald Trump's win; he deleted his Facebook then and there. However, I'm not sure that a majority of the people in India really care about the shady privacy permissions Facebook has slyly made them accept.

Please recall that the vast majority of Facebook users are not from the US. I'm not sure the scandal has been that much publicized or that their global image has changed much to be honest.

Harvey-Specter 9y ago

My partner was born in Germany and most of her family still lives there so she keeps up with German news. She is under the impression that the scandal is getting more publicity and generating more outrage in Germany than it is here in Canada.

JumpCrisscross 9y ago

> the vast majority of Facebook users are not from the US 49% of Facebook's 2017 worldwide revenues came from the U.S. and Canada [1]. [1] https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1326801/000132680118000009/fb-12312017x10k.htm https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1326801/000132680118... page 37

jobigoud 9y ago
Yes but Facebook is driven by the network effect, and only 230M users are from the US, compared to the 2.2B global.
- stephengillie 9y ago
  Americans are subsidising Facebook for the rest of the world? It seems like we should get more for our money.
  - lev99 9y ago
    If they have more revenue per person in the US it doesn't mean that they are losing money in their international business.
  - Lio 9y ago
    You mean American corporations. American users aren't Facebook's customers. All users are just product to Facebook. It could well be that Facebook's American corporate customers are more interested in worldwide product than domestic product.

r_singh 9y ago

Here in India it was on the front pages of most of the popular english newspapers. My dad, who is 50+ years old, knew about Cambridge Analytica few months from now because of a documentary related to Donald Trump's win; he deleted his Facebook then and there. However, I'm not sure that a majority of the people in India really care about the shady privacy permissions Facebook has slyly made them accept.