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by bee_rider 563 days ago
It is great in the sense that it is very large.
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kibwen 563 days ago
Great like the Great War, or the Great Depression, or the Great Irish Famine?
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paxys 563 days ago
And has completely changed the world.
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righthand 563 days ago
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.
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Zambyte 563 days ago
Limiting the influence of Facebook to the US doesn't seem necessary.

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

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