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If FB went dark permanently, we would fully "recover" very quickly. Not many needs will be unmet for long. Whether people use FB for messaging, groups, news or
by netcan 5y ago
If FB went dark permanently, we would fully "recover" very quickly. Not many needs will be unmet for long. Whether people use FB for messaging, groups, news or whatnot... nine of these are scarce.
This is obvious, but it's worth noting how different this is from most companies of comparable size. If Toyota go dark, the world makes fewer cars. It would take time and investment to recover the capacity.
Whether FB is good or bad, it's interesting how unnecessary it is.
- krrw 5y agoI haven't used FB for months. I only found out about the "outage" and the "whistleblower" on Twitter. For messaging I have switched back to (encrypted) email. Facebook is not just useless, it is also full of crap. Their apps are always asking for updates almost on a daily basis, and that's about 100MEGABYTES per update, just to solve "tiny errors" and insert unnecessary features. There has also been that frequent news of data leaks but Facebook was never held accountable for it. And they do not even tell affected users about it. Messenger and Instagram are not safe for kids either. Letting minors use such apps make them prone to harmful content. And you cannot even do anything about it. Their report button is useless.
- sangnoir 5y ago> If Toyota go dark, the world makes fewer cars. It would take time and investment to recover the capacity. I think the world would be just fine - car manufacturing capacity has already dropped due to the chip shortage, but the world is humming along, albeit with slightly higher car prices. If Toyota became insolvent, second-hand Toyotas would go up in price, and some other car company would buy their factories. It wouldn't be Armageddon.
- netcan 5y agoTrue. I didn't say armageddon. I said fewer cars for a while.