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thenewgreen · 4276 days ago · link · · parent · post: 83 million Facebook accounts are fakes and dupes
JakobVirgil, here you go. Your theory is confirmed..
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JakobVirgil · 4276 days ago · link ·
These are just the numbers that fb released the real number is much higher between 1/2 and 2/3. I think this is damage control.
the one billion active account the number Zuckerman has been saying means 1/7 of the earths population logs in regularly. But since only around 2/7 of the earth has internet access the "genius" wants us to believe half of people on the internet use facebook. he knows that he is lying because I am sure that he has noticed the sources of his traffic I am sure that the number of active facebook accounts with u.s. ips is a few times greater than the u.s. population.
thenewgreen · 4276 days ago · link ·
He's been (correctly) saying that a large number of FB accounts were duplicates or fakes. His reasoning was that he and his wife have multiple accounts and therefore assumed many others did too. He's right.
I only have 1 FB account and I'm going to relinquish using it as of Aug 15th. I'm pretty sick of FB. Not much good comes of it for me.
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After I deleted my Facebook I realized it had been a source of stress for me. A lot of people (at least in my experience) use Facebook to ask folks like to me attend functions that I really rather wouldn't, or support some organization, or attend some charity fun run, or whatever. Plus, the majority of my 'friends' on Facebook I really could have done without. There's not a lot of point in hanging on to the people I spent two weeks at summer camp with years ago. If find that if someone really wants to contact me they will, and my social interactions are more meaningful that way.
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thenewgreen · 4275 days ago · link ·
I'm guessing I'll have the same experience. What's strange is that I can go months with no meaningful interactions on FB but the moment I decide I want to get rid of my account, I received a message from an old friend I haven't spoken to in years. I actually was excited to hear from her. Turns out her family will be visiting Michigan at the same time I will and we are going to get together. It's as if Zuckerberg planned it ;-)