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“Americans say, 76% to 11%, that Facebook makes society worse, not better, according to the survey.” https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/10/business/cnn-poll-facebook/i
by in3d 5y ago
“Americans say, 76% to 11%, that Facebook makes society worse, not better, according to the survey.” https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/10/business/cnn-poll-facebook/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/10/business/cnn-poll-facebook/in...
- maxwell86 5y ago> “Americans [that answer surveys] say, 76% to 11%, that..." There, fixed that for you. I don't recall the last time I answered a survey. I have better things to do, like hanging around here.
- yladiz 5y agoThankfully surveys are generally backed up by statistics and not anecdotes.
- localhost 5y agoSure, but how do you reconcile a survey which measures people's feelings with their most recent quarterly earnings report which measures people's actions? [1] "Sure, I hate FB but I still want to know what my friends are up to"? > Facebook daily active users (DAUs) – DAUs were 1.93 billion on average for September 2021, an increase of 6% year-over-year. > Facebook monthly active users (MAUs) – MAUs were 2.91 billion as of September 30, 2021, an increase of 6% year-over-year. > Family daily active people (DAP) – DAP was 2.81 billion on average for September 2021, an increase of 11% year-over-year. > Family monthly active people (MAP) – MAP was 3.58 billion as of September 30, 2021, an increase of 12% year-over-year. [1] https://investor.fb.com/investor-news/press-release-details/2021/Facebook-Reports-Third-Quarter-2021-Results/default.aspx https://investor.fb.com/investor-news/press-release-details/...
- InitialLastName 5y agoFor one thing, the survey and the earnings report are measuring different people. The survey measured Americans (who have mostly had the longest exposure to Facebook from a global perspective), the reports (presumably) measure globally, including communities that haven't had Facebook as a pervasive part of their social discourse for the last decade+.
- localhost 5y agoThat's true. But digging a bit deeper, you can find DAU in US/Canada as broken out by the most recent FB earnings report slides [1] The punchline for DAU/MAU seems to be that it has ~flatlined in US/Canada since 2019. But certainly not the drop that would be implied by commentary here and elsewhere in the tech echo chamber. My original reply was intended as a general warning about not assuming that your worldview is the same as everyone else's worldview. [1] https://s21.q4cdn.com/399680738/files/doc_financials/2021/q3/FB-Earnings-Presentation-Q3-2021.pdf https://s21.q4cdn.com/399680738/files/doc_financials/2021/q3...
- akiselev 5y agoSame way I reconcile 25 years of Gallup surveys showing that 75% of smokers want to quit [1]. Investors love exploiting addicts. [1] https://news.gallup.com/poll/163763/smokers-quit-tried-multiple-times.aspx https://news.gallup.com/poll/163763/smokers-quit-tried-multi...
- dylan604 5y ago>“Americans say, 76% to 11%, What does this mean? That they really don't know what the percentages are? There's a really big chasm of those numbers. Maybe I should have taken more statistics classes, but this makes no sense to me
- chmod775 5y agoThe remaining % are likely "no answer".
- smolder 5y agoI think that means 76% think FB makes society worse, 11% think FB makes it better, the rest have no opinion or are neutral. The 11% could also include be inclusive of the neutrals, i.e. FB doesn't make society worse.
- edgyquant 5y agoIt means 76% think FB is bad, 11% don’t and 13% are indifferent
- dylan604 5y agoI see the issue. I was reading it as a range vs a score.