I became active in Facebook only very recently and I have been under a spell since! It is terribly addictive and, honestly, this scares me.
I still remember when older folks were complaining that people rather talked on the phone instead of meeting up in person years ago. Then, a few years ago, they complained that people would rather send text messages on their phones rather than talk to people on the phone.
Now, some might be at a loss when I say the physical world is going to be a lesser reality compared to the online world for many people, well, if it has not happened already! The culprit? Facebook!
Roughly, there are more than 7.1 billion people in this world and Facebook has 1.1 billion users! Just 3 years ago, Facebook had less than half the number of current users!
Facebook has more than doubled the number of users in just 3 years while world population is estimated to have grown only 1.1% per annum. Imagine a business with a penetration rate of 14.29% globally and growing!
We don't have to be very good at math to guess that years into the future, almost everyone will be a Facebook user.
Facebook is not an alternative to real life! It is real life for many people and, I suspect, soon it will be so for all!
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