Your definition of success in this context is purely about the number of people involved? That doesn't make sense and is extremely scary. Is Donald Trump also a success, since he got nearly 100% of the world talking about him and paying attention to him?
There is a lot more to success than attention and time and adoring fans spending their life using your services and talking about you. If that is your definition of success, then humanity will "success" its way to death faster than ever with such successful people like Mark Zuckerberg and Donald Trump uniting us all.
These are not successful people. They are plagues on society and the attention they get from billions of people is harmful, not an indicator or even the defining metric of success.
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In response to the comment below (since I am no longer allowed to post on HN, maybe too many downvotes?)
> Donald Trump, Facebook, and Mark Zuckerberg are highly successful.
Really? It doesn't seem to me like any of them have met their goals yet or are even remotely close. Maybe we should ask them what their goals are? Donald sounds 100% miserable every day. Was it his goal to be so upset and miserable all the time?
Facebook and Mark sound equally sad and messed up and dealing with major major issues that would make any person feel like they're doing really hard things and are nowhere near success.
Donald Trump, Facebook, and Mark Zuckerberg are highly successful. But success does not mean good or moral, often it's exactly the opposite traits that lead to success.
