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by nicoburns 1588 days ago
While facebook is still around it's hard to get people to switch due to network effects. If Facebook suddenly disappeared we'd have similar services popping up within a couple of months. Russia for example has V Kontakte.
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Many of these people are probably beyond the stage in life where they're able to adapt to something new.

I feel like there's a whiff of discrimination in people who call for Facebook to be shut down. I'm sure it's easy for young people in cities to switch. Not everyone is as mentally nimble.