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0 pointsnomel3y ago0 comments

> the vast majority of people on the planet wouldn't bother using twitter even if it was free.

"wouldn't bother" should be "don't bother".

For the world, around 290 million [1], with an internet population of around 4 billion [2], that's around 7%.

Things are a bit better for the us, with 41.5 million active users [1], assuming they're all over 18 (209 million), that's about 20% of US population.

1. https://www.forbes.com/sites/nicholasreimann/2022/10/25/twit...

2. https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=number+...

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perrygeo3y ago

> "wouldn't bother" should be "don't bother"

excellent point - I should use the active present tense. That is: "most people alive today don't bother with twitter, despite the fact that it's free."

Is it "free" in other meanings of the word - free of charge, free speech, free expression, freedom of religion, freedom to lie, freedom to intimidate? Time will tell.