There is a widespread belief that Facebook is a frivolous thing people should just quit. Two billion people use it. For many of them, it *is* the Internet. For others, it's the only way to stay in contact with family or loved ones. Facebook has worked hard to get ubiquitous
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And as a personal plea, please stop telling me Facebook is bad. I've had it in for Facebook since I was on Friendster. The motto on the Ceglowski family crest is "sine facies et liber".
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Speaking of Facebook I almost bought a car off facebook marketplace and even almost paid for it by sending money through messenger if only the car didn't suck
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In fairness, a huge swath of the online world was on AOL at one time. It can happen again.
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Perhaps an unfair comparison, but the IS promises glory and friendship and such if you join, no?
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this is a terrible comparison, try again
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By the way it was big failure.
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You’re right, but the reasons are more social than about subsidized data plans. Free Basics isn’t bringing new ppl online. And if it’s true in the “third world,” (where it’s least true), it’s more because of the huge distances btw rural areas than poverty.
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Instead of urging people off something, urge them on so etching that addresses what they're trying to do. Problem is, a lot of people are still not disturbed by Facebook's tradeoff.
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Please don’t call it the Third World. It’s home for me.
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And those free data plans are bad and anti
#NetNeutrality
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