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Re: Facebook Hits 2 Billion Users

#51

It is both amazing and deeply concerning that one corporation has influence over 1/4 of the world's population. It is even more concerning when you consider the outsized voting power of 1 person at that company.

do they though? I consume Coca Cola, and so do approx 2B other earthing. Does Coca Cola have influence over me?

Coca cola reaches your stomach, Facebook reaches your social circle

Re: Facebook Hits 2 Billion Users

#52

It is both amazing and deeply concerning that one corporation has influence over 1/4 of the world's population. It is even more concerning when you consider the outsized voting power of 1 person at that company.

do they though? I consume Coca Cola, and so do approx 2B other earthing. Does Coca Cola have influence over me?

I think we should be more concerned with ykk zippers. I mean, they have a near monopoly.

Re: Facebook Hits 2 Billion Users

#53

It is both amazing and deeply concerning that one corporation has influence over 1/4 of the world's population. It is even more concerning when you consider the outsized voting power of 1 person at that company.

Facebook is a platform. They don't do a lot of attempting to influence, as far as I can tell.

Consider Google as well, which probably reaches even more of the world's population. Or Microsoft. Apple might be getting close, too.

Or plenty of non-tech companies, as the sibling commenter points out. Coke, Samsung, Frito-Lay, etc.

Re: Facebook Hits 2 Billion Users

#54

It is both amazing and deeply concerning that one corporation has influence over 1/4 of the world's population. It is even more concerning when you consider the outsized voting power of 1 person at that company.

do they though? I consume Coca Cola, and so do approx 2B other earthing. Does Coca Cola have influence over me?

Coca-cola doesn't petabytes of data on your intimate thoughts and conversations.

Re: Facebook Hits 2 Billion Users

#55

Earlier quoted context omitted.

do they though? I consume Coca Cola, and so do approx 2B other earthing. Does Coca Cola have influence over me?

Coca cola reaches your stomach, Facebook reaches your social circle

You are what you eat, as they say, so...

Re: Facebook Hits 2 Billion Users

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Ok. So, how many of these are Facebook Ghost profile users? https://spideroak.com/articles/facebook-shadow-profiles-a-pr... Oh yeah, you think you're safe because you don't have a Fb account, or closed it when it was popular to do so. Guess again... Your "friends" will keep posting you and they keep building a profile. Better yet, I suggest people keep their Fb account, and pollute it and lock it down. Don't install…

These are (monthly/daily) active users, not total number of profiles.

Re: Facebook Hits 2 Billion Users

#58

It is both amazing and deeply concerning that one corporation has influence over 1/4 of the world's population. It is even more concerning when you consider the outsized voting power of 1 person at that company.

do they though? I consume Coca Cola, and so do approx 2B other earthing. Does Coca Cola have influence over me?

When you buy a coke, is there an email from coke in your inbox the next day?

When you interact with coke does it gently tailor what you see and what you do not see, month after month?

If you cannot understand how people are influenced, maybe you'll never see the influencing happening. That doesn't make you immune, on the contrary...

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