[woodruffw]

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

[bee_rider]

It is great in the sense that it is very large.

[kibwen]

Great like the Great War, or the Great Depression, or the Great Irish Famine?

[paxys]

And has completely changed the world.

[righthand]

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.

[Zambyte]

Limiting the influence of Facebook to the US doesn't seem necessary.

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