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Roughly 2 billion people in the world have access to the Internet. 800 million of them are active Facebook users (30 day active). Last week 500 million users lo
by flyt 15y ago
Roughly 2 billion people in the world have access to the Internet. 800 million of them are active Facebook users (30 day active). Last week 500 million users logged into FB in a single day.
Facebook is a very popular service that makes perfect sense to integrate with. Don't forget that they are also "ignoring" anybody that doesn't have broadband; streaming all your music over ppp or metered wireless isn't very desirable.
- runevault 15y agoTrue but those people aren't a good fit for their service to begin with. Non-facebook users are not, by default, bad fits. Big difference. Hell I would bet at least some of FBs user base is also in that category of crap internet. Cutting off arbitrary users who aren't bad fits for you is a good way to limit your user base. Sure it's 700-800 million people, but not all of the ones who use FB are going to want your service, and if it is any good some who don't use FB will. Why limit yourself that way? Especially when they already supported non-FB accounts for everything but the social features, so the work had already been put in.