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by wvenable 1082 days ago
The scale has always existed. Thousands of cafes filled with millions of people.

Even on Facebook, if I comment on a headline it's still just me making that comment. I, singular, provide some value to Facebook by being there and no value to newspaper because I didn't click though. If Facebook didn't exist, the value I bring to the newspaper by not reading it is the same.