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Re:Elon Musk makes $43B unsolicited bid to take Twitter private by rhn_mk1 on Thursday April 14, 2022 @04:34PM (#31032922)
It's not the same claim as being indispensible, but it's the same claim as being extremely vowen into everyday life. I think that claim reflects what is actually being discussed better. What I offer is not a defense of the claim, but a request to consider the claim seriously.

In the public utility metaphor, utilities were not defined until they became defined. There's no reason to discount a possible category of "utilithing" that shares some properties with the existing one but not others.

It might be that I missed your explanation (was it in a sibling thread?), but in this thread I don't see a consideration for that idea. "They are not so vital" is not an argument against it, but your personal value judgement.

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Re:Elon Musk makes $43B unsolicited bid to take Twitter private by jakelazaroff on Thursday April 14, 2022 @05:11PM (#31033347)
It’s in my root comment in this thread. I’m not giving my personal value judgment — it’s the value judgment of the ~75% of adults in the US who don’t use Twitter. It’s a real stretch to say that something less than a quarter of the population uses is “vital” for everyday life. How many Americans do you think go a month without electricity or sewage?
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Re:Elon Musk makes $43B unsolicited bid to take Twitter private by rhn_mk1 on Friday April 15, 2022 @02:23AM (#31037126)
> it’s the value judgment of the ~75% of adults in the US who don’t use Twitter.

So 5% of all adults? Yes, I just made up that number, just like you did.

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Re:Elon Musk makes $43B unsolicited bid to take Twitter private by jakelazaroff on Friday April 15, 2022 @09:45AM (#31040157)
Why would I make up a number that’s easily verifiable? https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2021/04/07/social-media...
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Re:Elon Musk makes $43B unsolicited bid to take Twitter private by rhn_mk1 on Friday April 15, 2022 @12:37PM (#31042274)
You served the wrong number: this is the share of population on Twitter. I asked about the share of non-Twitterers sharing your values.
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Re:Elon Musk makes $43B unsolicited bid to take Twitter private by jakelazaroff on Friday April 15, 2022 @03:47PM (#31044916)
If you don’t use Twitter at all, like over three quarters of adults in the US, you de facto don’t think it’s vital for every day life.
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Re:Elon Musk makes $43B unsolicited bid to take Twitter private by rhn_mk1 on Friday April 15, 2022 @04:28PM (#31045429)
You seem to think about "vital for every individual" when no one said that but you. There were various weaker versions of "powerful" considered.
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Re:Elon Musk makes $43B unsolicited bid to take Twitter private by jakelazaroff on Friday April 15, 2022 @11:11PM (#31049038)
This discussion isn’t going anywhere; you just keep reusing the same old motte and bailey. Have a nice day!
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Re:Elon Musk makes $43B unsolicited bid to take Twitter private by rhn_mk1 on Saturday April 16, 2022 @02:27AM (#31050075)
Well, I tried to save you from fighting a view that no one represents. That only brings further misunderstanding. Good luck.
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