Re:Reddit just passed Facebook as #3 most popular website in US
by synaesthesisx on Wednesday May 30, 2018 @02:31PM
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It blows my mind that Facebook is even top 5. Do people actually spend time on the site?
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Re:Reddit just passed Facebook as #3 most popular website in US
by cm2012 on Wednesday May 30, 2018 @02:59PM
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Dude, 50% of the american population uses Facebook every single day of their lives (according to FB's quarterly statements, which would be a serious crime to lie on).
Re:Reddit just passed Facebook as #3 most popular website in US
by anonytrary on Thursday May 31, 2018 @03:35AM
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I think he was making a distinction between the app and the site. AFAIK, most Facebook users utilize Facebook primarily through the mobile app. If you look at Google trends[0] for Facebook, you'll notice a linear decline since 2011. I believe this is due to the onset of the Facebook mobile app, but feel free to correct me if I'm wrong.
[0] https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&geo=US&q=f...
Re:Reddit just passed Facebook as #3 most popular website in US
by init-as on Wednesday May 30, 2018 @02:33PM
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They have over 200 million users in the US.. https://www.statista.com/statistics/398136/us-facebook-user-...
Re:Reddit just passed Facebook as #3 most popular website in US
by rconti on Wednesday May 30, 2018 @02:53PM
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Data point of 1: I use Facebook all the time and I think Reddit is terrible. Half the subreddits I see are toxic and the other half are people with 0 life experience. I have tried many times to derive value from it (much like Twitter, its advocates tell you you have to 'curate your feed') but no matter how much time I invest, I just can't make it work.