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Re:Trump threatens to 'close' down social media platforms by banads on Thursday May 28, 2020 @06:34PM (#23343725)
What measurement would you suggest we use to approximate the number of people whose communication is under the control of a particular organization?

>If someone opens up the Facebook app for 5 minutes a month they are considered a MAU. Suggesting that browsing an app for a few minutes out of a day is comparable to authoritarian control over 1.4 billion people demonstrates a complete lack of perspective in reality.

Your strawman is what lacks perspective of reality. The average FB user spends 30-60 minutes on Facebook each day, depending on the source.

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Re:Trump threatens to 'close' down social media platforms by root_axis on Thursday May 28, 2020 @10:38PM (#23345751)
> What measurement would you suggest we use to approximate the number of people whose communication is under the control of a particular organization

You'd first have to a establish a definition for the term "control".

> The average FB user spends 30-60 minutes on Facebook each day

Voluntarily interacting with an app for 45 minutes a day does not in any concevibile interpretation meet the definition of "control". The user is literally in complete control of the apps they interact with on their phone or computer.

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Re:Trump threatens to 'close' down social media platforms by banads on Sunday May 31, 2020 @02:30PM (#23371506)
>You'd first have to a establish a definition for the term "control"

Let me google that for you:

>control: the power to influence or direct people's behavior or the course of events.

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