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'everyone'. Ive never used FB in my life, and never will. More people are ditching ZuckNet every day because it is so awful. Good to have alternatives.

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Well despite your anecdote, the actual numbers disagree with you. A few geeks staying off Facebook is about as relevant as the “I don’t own a TV” crowd.

I just don't understand why on earth would anyone defend this platform. Yeah I don't own a TV either. Enjoy your zuckbucks!

They aren't defending it, they say people are using it. Which is a very different thing from Facebook being good.

If you've owned one for decades that might make sense, but why would I buy a device that shows me what various media companies choose to provide at each given hour instead of watching what I want, when I want?

We're decades into the web.

So instead of watching video on demand on a TV - since almost all TVs sold these days are “smart TVs”, it’s a different experience watching it on a phone or computer?

Not sure... I haven't actually owned a TV since 2002! My roommates several years ago had one with cable, and it really was necessary to flip channels to find something interesting and there were still ads. I just didn't have patience for it.

I generally get what I want from Amazon or a local equivalent, either streaming or just buy the seasons of shows I want (e.g. Halt and Catch Fire) and watch it on my 27" computer monitor. Sometimes, if there's a group, I'll use a projector.

So you own a 27 inch monitor connected to a computer that allows you to watch video over the internet and that’s somehow different than the typical household these days that owns a television connected to a Roku device (a specialized computer) or that has built in processor that allows them to watch video on demand over the internet?

I'm not the one to ask. I'm not familiar with Roku devices and haven't owned a TV since 2002.

I'm sorry if you don't like this, but it's the truth.

People who avoid Facebook products as a rule are unlikely to ever consider google products.

I don't think you can make this claim without understand the motivation or threat models of the billions of non-facebook users. I use Google services, I do not use Facebook services. Am I the exception to the rule? How many are in this exception group?

How large do you really think the number of non Facebook adults are in the US that would be Google users? The number of people in the US on Facebook and the number of adults in the US is public knowledge. Just step out of the geek bubble.

I'm not following your logic? Are you saying I should join FB because everyone else is? Everything in life is ephemeral. Trends and apps come and go. This too shall pass.

My goal is to get people to question the relevance, time drain and impact to humanity that FB imposes on the world. I believe that if people did the calculus they would see the horror for what it is.

No. I’m saying a social network is worthless that people aren’t on. Whether you are on it are not doesn’t matter. Nor does a few anecdotes on HN when the numbers show something different.

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