> Recommending "personal websites" is talking about a solution to a problem that most of the billion users don't have.

I thinks this is mostly a valid argument. The burden of proof for whether the problem exists is on the person proposing the solution; Solutions require action, and the side that requires action needs proof.

I do think the claim that “most people use facebook like an rss feed” needs some data to back it up though. I personally use it that way, but that is andecdotal and I also have many friends who use facebook to promote their life, which is more along the lines of a personal website.

EDIT: Spelling

Plus asking for data about a long post without referencing which part you even want data on is unconstructive.

Two wrongs don't make a right, and how do you know to what standard the parent poster holds the author? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Plus asking for data about a long post without referencing which part you even want data on is unconstructive.

There was one claim made in the five sentence GP post.