[vineyardmike]

While I’m sure Facebook had data to roughly justify this, just like Moores Law, I’m sure this is equal parts back-projection as prophetic declaration of intent.

For Facebook, they needed the cultural expectation to be ever-increasing data sharing. They (along with other companies) facilitated the creation of tools to share ever-increasing amounts of data.

[dullcrisp]

I guess this presupposes that people’s appetite for sharing data is unlimited, they just need the tools?

[vineyardmike]

That quote is from ~2012. I’d say it’s held up pretty well in the following decade.

[dullcrisp]

Has it? So we’ve shared 1000x more in 2022 than in 2012, with the amount doubling every year?