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  1. Comment on Are there any scientists on Tildes? in ~science

    khaled
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    'Come for the product, stay for the good feels'

    'Come for the product, stay for the good feels'

    1 vote

  2. Comment on Are there any scientists on Tildes? in ~science

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    Not quite a scientist, but have been in and around the healthcare space for 5 years. Now I run a company I founded focused on encouraging men to freeze their sperm!

    Not quite a scientist, but have been in and around the healthcare space for 5 years.

    Now I run a company I founded focused on encouraging men to freeze their sperm!

    2 votes

  3. Comment on More teens are ‘almost constantly’ online, and more are ditching Facebook in ~tech

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    I've always been surprised by Facebook's ability to keep adding users - maybe 5 years ago I (clearly, wrongly) predicted that Facebook's stock price would start sliding once they started losing...

    I've always been surprised by Facebook's ability to keep adding users - maybe 5 years ago I (clearly, wrongly) predicted that Facebook's stock price would start sliding once they started losing younger users, who would eventually switch over to the latest social network.

    But I think over time, there's been more value in smaller more targeted social circles (Facebook >> Instagram >> Snapchat) so there hasn't been a compelling reason to move away from Facebook since it's now more utilitarian than it is cool.

    Good summary from Seeking Alpha here -

    1. Yet another report has been released saying that Facebook is losing its cool among young users.
    2. We've been hearing these reports since 2013, and FB stock has increased seven-fold in that time frame.
    3. Coolness doesn't matter for Facebook; Facebook is a multi-purpose internet utility that essentially everyone has.
    4. Instagram is cool, and whatever youth engagement Facebook is losing, they are getting it back through Instagram.

    (https://seekingalpha.com/article/4146084-facebook-losing-cool-still-matter)

    3 votes

  4. Comment on Where are you from? in ~talk

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    I think I'm the first Middle-Easterner here... Palestinian, grew up in Beirut, Lebanon, currently living in Cambridge, MA.

    I think I'm the first Middle-Easterner here... Palestinian, grew up in Beirut, Lebanon, currently living in Cambridge, MA.

    3 votes