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I know that’s the general feeling on HN, but the numbers don’t seem to bear that out. Facebook has over 3B monthly active users, and instagram and WhatsApp are
by phyrex 3y ago
I know that’s the general feeling on HN, but the numbers don’t seem to bear that out. Facebook has over 3B monthly active users, and instagram and WhatsApp are getting up there too
- stavros 3y agoHow is it possible that half the Earth's population is on Facebook? It boggles the mind.
- wongarsu 3y agoThey did a lot to establish themselves in third world countries and try to be "the internet" over there.
- stavros 3y agoAh, I didn't know that, and I was wondering how much they were used in third world countries, thanks.
- johannes1234321 3y agoIn a really evil way: they have the internet.org and "Free basics" initiative where in some countries they pay mobile phone providers to not rate limit access to Facebook&Co (and Wikipedia) which makes access to them free, but for all else of the internet people have to pay. When I was in Indonesia quite many years back, the strategy worked in the regard that all communication with landlords for apartments, taxi drivers, ... went via WhatsApp. As that was free. (If it worked for Facebook to make profit via ads I doubt). Some countries, like India, created regulation to prevent that.
- stavros 3y agoAh yeah, I've seen something like that here in Greece too, where we have (had?) a really cheap "social media" package with only Facebook and WhatsApp.
- johannes1234321 3y agoThose "zero rating" programs (which aren't allowed in EU) still require a subscription fee. In internet.org Land, you have to get a device somehow and activate a sim card and then never pay a thing (unless you want phone calls (besides WhatsApp calls), SMS or "true" internet) It's a massive project to lock in a society disguised like a NGO doing development aid programs. ("Internet access is a human right" - Zuckerberg)
- stavros 3y agoJeez, that's evil.
- rightbyte 3y agoZuckerberg claims FB has 3B monthly users. Why would you trust dishonest people on the first place. It would not surprise me at all if 4/5 of them or more are bots.
- ChatGTP 3y agoI said this before and was down voted to oblivion, but I do agree, who actually knows how many users they really have? Actual valuable users. There is truly a difference between an occasional lurker and someone who actually engages in the product.