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Re:Meta shares rocket 25%, on pace for the best day in a decade by vmladenov on Thursday February 02, 2023 @03:59PM (#34632920)
> Facebook is already irrelevant, and getting more so by the day.

A quarter of the Earth’s population in daily active users is certainly a take on “irrelevant”.

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Re:Meta shares rocket 25%, on pace for the best day in a decade by iancmceachern on Thursday February 02, 2023 @04:12PM (#34633108)
The same could have been said about yahoo at one point, or cable TV, or landlines
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Re:Meta shares rocket 25%, on pace for the best day in a decade by runnerup on Thursday February 02, 2023 @04:32PM (#34633403)
Yahoo never had 25% of the worlds population. When CableTV and landlines were used by 25% of the global population they were far from irrelevant. Yes they fade eventually but there's nothing on the horizon to replace the web right now.
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