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Orrex

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16. Sorry, missed that, but the point remains

Reply to Celerity (Reply #15)

Fri Oct 8, 2021, 08:17 AM

Oct 2021

The entire US could drop FB while still leaving ~90% of its user base intact.

But if my earlier choice of the phrase “largely false” is unsatisfying, I could revise it to “statistically minor.”

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What Happened When Facebook Became Boomerbook [View all] Celerity Oct 2021 OP

Recommended. H2O Man Oct 2021 #1

Yeah, Facebook has dropped to a mere 2.89 billiion users Orrex Oct 2021 #2

LOL leftstreet Oct 2021 #3

No one firm, especially one as unaccountable and destructive as FB, should have that sort of reach. Celerity Oct 2021 #6

Hard agree! ShazzieB Oct 2021 #8

I agree completely, but that's a different discussion Orrex Oct 2021 #10

largely false? Celerity Oct 2021 #12

Regarding that last article in particular Orrex Oct 2021 #13

I already stated they were for the US. nt Celerity Oct 2021 #15

Sorry, missed that, but the point remains Orrex Oct 2021 #16

Says FaceBook? tia uponit7771 Oct 2021 #11

I Googled it Orrex Oct 2021 #14

Boomers buy stuff C_U_L8R Oct 2021 #4

Boomers buy less online (and less overall) than younger demographics. Celerity Oct 2021 #5

With more wealth and overall spending than any other generation C_U_L8R Oct 2021 #9

Explains a lot. I don't think it would have the influence among young people JI7 Oct 2021 #7