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The article says this: Snowden’s comments echoed those of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, who said that it’s “extremely unlikely hoaxes changed the outcome of this election in one direction or the other.”

But he's NOT echoing Zuckerberg's comments - either in spirit or intent. He's pointing out a bigger problem inherent in relying on Facebook as a single source for news.

The entire iTunes catalog available for streaming would be a killer feature. Where did you see hear that the entire catalog would be available to stream?

I'm comfortable pointing out misleading comparisons in any statement, whether I agree with the underlying argument or not. When you feel like you are in the minority, it is especially important to choose your comparisons and arguments carefully so that people don't dismiss you before understanding you. When discussing with detail oriented people, it's important to get the details right.

I'm not trying to split hairs, it's a difference of 10x magnitude at least. It's a pet peeve of mine when people compare annual amounts to present values. I'm actually sympathetic to your argument about what society values, but if you want people to listen to what you are saying, you might want to be a bit more careful making comparisons like that.

Misleading comparison. Armenia's GDP is the estimated economic worth produced annually by Armenia. Pinterest's valuation relates to the economic value produced by Pinterest for all future years, not annually.