Facebook Hits 2 Billion Users • Hacker News Board

Re: Facebook Hits 2 Billion Users

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Post by jogjayr » Tue, Jun 27, 2017, 10:06 PM UTC

nblavoie wrote: post #126

RRRA wrote: post #117

Most depressing news I've read today...

I tried to quit Facebook (for the 3rd time this year) the last week but it keeps remind me of the people that will miss me by email. I guess this is one of their mental tricks to make users feel that they did the wrong choice by leaving Facebook. Any ideas, tricks on how to solve this problem ?

1. Make a list of the people that you actually care to stay in touch with for social reasons (for professional connections you already have LinkedIn). Ensure you have other lines of communication open with them (email, IM, text, phone, Skype etc). If possible, and if necessary, inform them you're leaving FB and how you intend to stay in touch with them

2. Delete your FB account. Delete the app from your phone (if you have it)

3. Mark any email from FB as spam

4. Block all FB domains at the router level

Re: Facebook Hits 2 Billion Users

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Jun 27, 2017, 10:10 PM UTC

jgalt212 wrote: post #42

ProfessorLayton wrote: post #32

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?

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Re: Facebook Hits 2 Billion Users

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Post by Shish2k » Tue, Jun 27, 2017, 10:15 PM UTC

kinkrtyavimoodh wrote: post #106

wellsjohnston wrote: post #34

And my pet snake is one of them, so I'm not sure what that really means.

Well, Zuck's dog Beast has a profile with a million likes and since a human is actually operating it, it is as legitimate a profile as yours or your pet snake's (assuming you keep it active)

Beast has a Page, not a Profile. Pages don't count as people :)

Re: Facebook Hits 2 Billion Users

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Post by HugoDaniel » Tue, Jun 27, 2017, 10:22 PM UTC

simonswords82 wrote: post #159

As insane as this number is, and it really is an incredible achievement, I'm left feeling Facebook hasn't delivered much real net positive value to the world just yet. Politics are in disarray. More people are "connected" online but more people than ever feel isolated in some way and mental health issues are on the rise. Highlight reels of your friends living a seemingly amazing life leave people feeling like they've…

Money

Re: Facebook Hits 2 Billion Users

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Post by mcast » Tue, Jun 27, 2017, 10:32 PM UTC

yoran wrote: post #152

Dangerously approaching 2,147,483,647. Let's hope their user ID's are not 32-bit integers :-)

I'm fairly certain they would have designed and kept the Earth's actual and expected population in mind with their scaling.

Re: Facebook Hits 2 Billion Users

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Post by eon1 » Tue, Jun 27, 2017, 10:34 PM UTC

axaxs wrote: post #148

So, not to discredit this number, but here are some things to consider - 1 - Bots. Lots of bots. 2 - Multiple accounts. I've seen people with as many as 4 accounts, used for different purposes(friend groups). 3 - 'Facebook is the internet'. Facebook is free(ie not charged as data usage), and therefore, 'the internet', in many poor nations. I'm not actually sure if this is Facebook's doing, a carrier agreement, etc, b…

Yeah, bots were my first thought. Run any decent sized fb group and you'll realise just how many there are, then realise you're probably only seeing a small cross section. I would say thousands new every day. I saw a friend having some fun a while back posting public statuses to bait spambots with keywords like "tupac movie" and "watch online" - they get flooded within minutes. Also, I have at least 3-4 accounts and know plenty of people who have as many, too. Can't imagine how they'd differentiate that from say, my housemate or partner logging in from the same IP address.

Re: Facebook Hits 2 Billion Users

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Post by s73ver » Tue, Jun 27, 2017, 10:40 PM UTC

hire_charts wrote: post #164

simonswords82 wrote: post #159

As insane as this number is, and it really is an incredible achievement, I'm left feeling Facebook hasn't delivered much real net positive value to the world just yet. Politics are in disarray. More people are "connected" online but more people than ever feel isolated in some way and mental health issues are on the rise. Highlight reels of your friends living a seemingly amazing life leave people feeling like they've…

Reminds me of this other thread from a post about a CRM for keeping track of personal associations: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14498633 Facebook has a huge opportunity to help people stay connected with those closest to them -- and keep track of a wider circle of friends and family members -- in ways that actually evoke empathy and care, rather than jealousy and attention-seeking. But I suppose that would r…

How would they make money doing that?

Re: Facebook Hits 2 Billion Users

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Post by darkmarmot » Tue, Jun 27, 2017, 10:41 PM UTC

athesyn wrote: post #39

Hows it being old? Nearly no one in my age range uses FB, just snapchat + ig.

So, ummm, you use Instagram? -- the company owned by Facebook to provide an alternate brand to appeal to those tech savvy kids?

Same database, different name.

Re: Facebook Hits 2 Billion Users

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Post by rdslw » Tue, Jun 27, 2017, 10:44 PM UTC

simonswords82 wrote: post #159

As insane as this number is, and it really is an incredible achievement, I'm left feeling Facebook hasn't delivered much real net positive value to the world just yet. Politics are in disarray. More people are "connected" online but more people than ever feel isolated in some way and mental health issues are on the rise. Highlight reels of your friends living a seemingly amazing life leave people feeling like they've…

None.

When was the last time you consider 20 minutes spent on facebook browsing a well spent time?

Re: Facebook Hits 2 Billion Users

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Post by setq » Tue, Jun 27, 2017, 10:47 PM UTC

I get shamed occasionally for never having a Facebook account. It's amazing how mindshare drives market share really and gets people to react like this.

Genuinely I couldn't work out how it improved my life in any way. Everyone I know who uses it shows signs of addiction. It's like a cigarette. Perhaps that's it!