Re:Facebook's TikTok-like redesign marks sunset of social ne...
by andsoitis on Wednesday July 27, 2022 @09:02AM
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> Facebook cares a great deal about its users--advertisers.
> You and I aren't Facebook's users
A user is someone who uses a product, by any reasonable definition.
Advertisers are certainly (commercial) customers, but the average person IS a user of Facebook.
> we are the ore Facebook has been mining
This I do agree with, my own metaphor has been harvesting rather than mining (like in the Matrix or in Jupiter Ascending). But being something mined/harvested does not preclude also being a user.
> You and I aren't Facebook's users
A user is someone who uses a product, by any reasonable definition.
Advertisers are certainly (commercial) customers, but the average person IS a user of Facebook.
> we are the ore Facebook has been mining
This I do agree with, my own metaphor has been harvesting rather than mining (like in the Matrix or in Jupiter Ascending). But being something mined/harvested does not preclude also being a user.