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Be careful not to mix up what this echo chamber (and the rest of tech social media) feels about FB vs. what the "general public" feels about FB.
by localhost 5y ago
Be careful not to mix up what this echo chamber (and the rest of tech social media) feels about FB vs. what the "general public" feels about FB.
- in3d 5y ago“Americans say, 76% to 11%, that Facebook makes society worse, not better, according to the survey.” https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/10/business/cnn-poll-facebook/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/10/business/cnn-poll-facebook/in...
- maxwell86 5y ago> “Americans [that answer surveys] say, 76% to 11%, that..." There, fixed that for you. I don't recall the last time I answered a survey. I have better things to do, like hanging around here.
- yladiz 5y agoThankfully surveys are generally backed up by statistics and not anecdotes.
- localhost 5y agoSure, but how do you reconcile a survey which measures people's feelings with their most recent quarterly earnings report which measures people's actions? [1] "Sure, I hate FB but I still want to know what my friends are up to"? > Facebook daily active users (DAUs) – DAUs were 1.93 billion on average for September 2021, an increase of 6% year-over-year. > Facebook monthly active users (MAUs) – MAUs were 2.91 billion as of September 30, 2021, an increase of 6% year-over-year. > Family daily active people (DAP) – DAP was 2.81 billion on average for September 2021, an increase of 11% year-over-year. > Family monthly active people (MAP) – MAP was 3.58 billion as of September 30, 2021, an increase of 12% year-over-year. [1] https://investor.fb.com/investor-news/press-release-details/2021/Facebook-Reports-Third-Quarter-2021-Results/default.aspx https://investor.fb.com/investor-news/press-release-details/...
- InitialLastName 5y agoFor one thing, the survey and the earnings report are measuring different people. The survey measured Americans (who have mostly had the longest exposure to Facebook from a global perspective), the reports (presumably) measure globally, including communities that haven't had Facebook as a pervasive part of their social discourse for the last decade+.
- localhost 5y agoThat's true. But digging a bit deeper, you can find DAU in US/Canada as broken out by the most recent FB earnings report slides [1] The punchline for DAU/MAU seems to be that it has ~flatlined in US/Canada since 2019. But certainly not the drop that would be implied by commentary here and elsewhere in the tech echo chamber. My original reply was intended as a general warning about not assuming that your worldview is the same as everyone else's worldview. [1] https://s21.q4cdn.com/399680738/files/doc_financials/2021/q3/FB-Earnings-Presentation-Q3-2021.pdf https://s21.q4cdn.com/399680738/files/doc_financials/2021/q3...
- akiselev 5y agoSame way I reconcile 25 years of Gallup surveys showing that 75% of smokers want to quit [1]. Investors love exploiting addicts. [1] https://news.gallup.com/poll/163763/smokers-quit-tried-multiple-times.aspx https://news.gallup.com/poll/163763/smokers-quit-tried-multi...
- dylan604 5y ago>“Americans say, 76% to 11%, What does this mean? That they really don't know what the percentages are? There's a really big chasm of those numbers. Maybe I should have taken more statistics classes, but this makes no sense to me
- edgyquant 5y agoIt means 76% think FB is bad, 11% don’t and 13% are indifferent
- dylan604 5y agoI see the issue. I was reading it as a range vs a score.
- smolder 5y agoI think that means 76% think FB makes society worse, 11% think FB makes it better, the rest have no opinion or are neutral. The 11% could also include be inclusive of the neutrals, i.e. FB doesn't make society worse.
- chmod775 5y agoThe remaining % are likely "no answer".