[motti_s]

Not necessarily, Facebook has mobile clients.

[benwerd]

I admit to loosely using the "mobile clients are specialist browsers" line of thinking here. Facebook definitely uses links and HTTP.

[renownedmedia]

Facebook mobile clients don't use the Internet?

[cryptoz]

The web is not the same as the Internet, though. The web is an open platform built on open protocols on top of the Internet.

[StavrosK]

Interesting question: What is the Web? HTTP, or HTTP+HTML? Facebook mobile clients use HTTP, so are they using the web?

[andrepd]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Wide_Web

[StavrosK]

Huh, this Wikipedia site is pretty nifty, I didn't know I could look stuff up on it, thanks!

[andrepd]

You're welcome!

[tedunangst]

So.... Does the Facebook mobile client count as using the web?

[andrepd]

By the definition, yes, though I can't say how FB themselves count it.

[myth_buster]

I think they are coming from the web vs native app frame.

[tbomb]

It's still over the internet, right?

[alanh]

Of course, but web ≠ internet.

[r0m4n0]

Probably closer to a Venn diagram where the internet encompasses the web and more. SMTP, FTP etc. Splitting hairs now

[austenallred]

It looks like mobile-only is 44% of FB use (FB doesn't distinguish between app vs. Internet), and 87% of FB users are on mobile.

Source: https://beta.grasswire.com/story/177/facebook