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From 2019: ‘If there were 5 million “bad people” on Facebook – terrorists, criminals, drug-dealers, whatever – that would be 0.2% of the userbase’

1 · Alecmuffett · April 13, 2026, 6:10 p.m.
uncategorised Online safety facebook user-behavior Social Media scale
Summary
The blog post highlights the misconception surrounding the percentage of "bad people" on platforms like Facebook, arguing that only a small fraction (0.2%) would fall into that category, emphasizing the importance of scale and perspective in discussing user behavior.
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