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Re:Friendica – A Decentralized Social Network by codyswann on Thursday April 05, 2018 @08:47AM (#16764344)
More people believe the world is flat than know what a "decentralized social network" is.
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Re:Friendica – A Decentralized Social Network by fwdpropaganda on Thursday April 05, 2018 @08:51AM (#16764378)
Changing goalposts. chrstphrknwtn was responding to your comment on privacy and now you changed to talking about decentralized social networks.

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> I would say 90% or more of Facebook users couldn't care less if their data is sold to advertisers.

So, changing goalposts.

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Re:Friendica – A Decentralized Social Network by codyswann on Thursday April 05, 2018 @12:41PM (#16766480)
How am I changing goalposts?

I'm making the point that "a lot" is a throwaway term.

It's like saying a car is "very fast."

Well, compared to a jet, a car is not fast at all.

Also, "a lot" means something different to me than it does to you.

So saying "a lot" of people do or believe anything is meaningless.

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Re:Friendica – A Decentralized Social Network by fwdpropaganda on Friday April 06, 2018 @05:03AM (#16771908)
> How am I changing goalposts?

chrstphrknwtn was responding to your comment on privacy and now you changed to talking about decentralized social networks.

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Re:Friendica – A Decentralized Social Network by chrstphrknwtn on Thursday April 05, 2018 @09:06AM (#16764507)
Additionally, an average person is able to understand what both are. The real issue is whether people think an idea has any value, not whether they understand domain-specific terminology.
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Re:Friendica – A Decentralized Social Network by chrstphrknwtn on Thursday April 05, 2018 @08:51AM (#16764371)
More people know what Ben & Jerry's ice-cream is than understand how a touchscreen works.

What's your point?

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