BrikoX@lemmy.zipM to Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish · 3 hours agoUS adults social media usage by platformwww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square5linkfedilinkarrow-up112arrow-down10file-text
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minus-squarecalliopelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-21 hour agoThis is such embarrassing reporting from The Verge. Leave it to the AI reporter to fail to understand a very basic survey I guess. Far from a relic, Facebook remains a fixture for more than 70% of Americans. This is literally not what the study says. The study says that 70% of people who used some type of social media used Facebook. Not 70% of Americans. Here’s the gist of the question they asked: % of U.S. adults who say they ever use … People who didn’t answer weren’t included. And, if someone used Facebook for a buy/sell/trade transaction, it’s counted as “social media” usage. No wonder YouTube is at the top. Yikes. Maybe I need to read more about their respondents.
This is such embarrassing reporting from The Verge. Leave it to the AI reporter to fail to understand a very basic survey I guess.
This is literally not what the study says. The study says that 70% of people who used some type of social media used Facebook. Not 70% of Americans.
Here’s the gist of the question they asked:
People who didn’t answer weren’t included.
And, if someone used Facebook for a buy/sell/trade transaction, it’s counted as “social media” usage.
No wonder YouTube is at the top. Yikes.
Maybe I need to read more about their respondents.