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by thejdude 4272 days ago
IME very many German people are on FB (but yes, many also aren't, because they don't care and have their circle of offline friends). Twitter, almost nobody.

Among younger (20-30) Germans, I think almost everybody is on FB (and even more are on What's App).
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raverbashing 4272 days ago
Being on FB (usually with a false name) does not mean that they would have created it as it is
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thejdude 4269 days ago
I never said they would.

But for a while Germany had StudiVZ and MeinVZ. After a while FB became more popular, people with some international friends joined at first, and after a while everyone else did and the other networks basically starved. It was sad to watch, especially since many (local) groups there and parts of the UI were IMHO much nicer than what's on FB today.

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