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by woodruffw 563 days ago
Facebook is definitely a "great company" by Person of the Year rules[1]. There are some real whoppers on that list.

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_Person_of_the_Year

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It is great in the sense that it is very large.
Great like the Great War, or the Great Depression, or the Great Irish Famine?
And has completely changed the world.
I think Google aped Facebook on world-changing by harvesting data and running algorithms to get you to scroll through a list. Changed the US might be more accurate.
Limiting the influence of Facebook to the US doesn't seem necessary.

For example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rohingya_genocide