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Which is impressive because I still have Facebook I just don't login and never use any of its services - the account now exists to simply hold a lock on my name on the service.

I suspect I'm not the only one doing this.

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The stat being referenced is daily active users, so not counting people who have an account but never login.

Does it count people who have messenger but never open it, but their device is signed it? It is cramware on a lot of android phones.

https://backlinko.com/facebook-users claims "Official Daily active users (DAUs) definition: Daily active users or DAUs is defined as a registered and logged-in user to Facebook who visits the site through a mobile device application or web browser on any given day."

So according to that, no.

I mainly use it to sell things locally. Or maybe there's a local apartment rental group. That's about it.

This would be reflected in change to Monthly Active Users which seems way more relevant than total users.

I also see them using "Family daily active people (DAP)" and monthly active people (MAP). https://investor.fb.com/investor-news/press-release-details/...

I wonder if that counts unique/distinct people, taking into consideration a person with multiple accounts -- FB, IG, WhatsApp, etc.

I don't use the main Facebook app much, but I use Instagram and Messenger daily, Whatsapp sometimes as well.

What do you use for your friend group chats?

I just use a simple group SMS.

Signal

I'm starting to notice this trend in my group of contacts.

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