tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186457242428335144.post4479540667567255826..comments2024-03-28T00:36:13.790-07:00Comments on Volatile and Decentralized: How I almost killed FacebookMatt Welshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04255792550910131960noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186457242428335144.post-60192423870702584792011-01-22T19:18:13.888-08:002011-01-22T19:18:13.888-08:00I've heard the story of Feed straight from Chr...I've heard the story of Feed straight from Chris Cox, who was hired specifically to create it. I'm quite sure Zuck had thought of it more than "several months" before its launch.James Koppelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186457242428335144.post-47901165693714951392011-01-22T18:56:42.918-08:002011-01-22T18:56:42.918-08:00Great story. I believe in addition to intellect wh...Great story. I believe in addition to intellect which Zuck had tons of, what made him this successful is his courage to take risks and make his way out of the sticky 'privacy' issues that FB has been facing for a long time now.DeJaVuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12677534273167550253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186457242428335144.post-34740955451763747952009-09-24T03:20:53.274-07:002009-09-24T03:20:53.274-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186457242428335144.post-73164372796959772562009-03-03T00:18:00.000-08:002009-03-03T00:18:00.000-08:00I wonder if Zuck knew about the Stanford Facebook ...I wonder if Zuck knew about the Stanford Facebook from 1999? If so, the claims the Winkelvoss twins used to sue him are pretty bogus. the whole story is here: http://steamtunnels.org/online-facebook-raises-concerns/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186457242428335144.post-66300418640977938642009-02-26T16:25:00.000-08:002009-02-26T16:25:00.000-08:00ha. too bad you didn't teach UI usability. i'd tak...ha. too bad you didn't teach UI usability. i'd take a few deadlocks if i could just figure out how to navigate that damn thing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186457242428335144.post-55809064400591171102009-02-26T16:17:00.000-08:002009-02-26T16:17:00.000-08:00I hesitated between teaching and starting a compan...I hesitated between teaching and starting a company. I'm glad you and a few hundred essays ot read were here to point me in the right direction. I'll hope all my life that my mext paper wasn't about a new form of energy.<BR/><BR/>Will remain anonmousAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186457242428335144.post-24371750752641468582009-02-26T15:46:00.000-08:002009-02-26T15:46:00.000-08:00If you can punctuate, please do.If you can punctuate, please do.dasil003https://www.blogger.com/profile/13716765530135421686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186457242428335144.post-33204077730564566932009-02-26T12:40:00.000-08:002009-02-26T12:40:00.000-08:00Slashdotted!Slashdotted!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186457242428335144.post-45332933977055227802009-02-26T12:39:00.000-08:002009-02-26T12:39:00.000-08:00Are you really taking credit for the newsfeed page...Are you really taking credit for the newsfeed page because, "I suggested to him that they really needed to find a way to get people to login to the site regularly."? Jeez, did you also invent the internet?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186457242428335144.post-7927847703578219322009-02-26T12:32:00.000-08:002009-02-26T12:32:00.000-08:00Thanks, Matt. The status update is my favourite th...Thanks, Matt. The status update is my favourite thing about Facebook.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186457242428335144.post-54380038083293946042009-02-26T07:11:00.000-08:002009-02-26T07:11:00.000-08:00:) great story :):) great story :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186457242428335144.post-833164348995728092009-02-25T23:52:00.000-08:002009-02-25T23:52:00.000-08:00Mark was also in CS91r at the time, as recounted h...Mark was also in CS91r at the time, as recounted here:<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.aarongreenspan.com/authoritas.html" REL="nofollow">http://www.aarongreenspan.com/authoritas.html</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186457242428335144.post-2184081891707590902009-02-25T23:11:00.000-08:002009-02-25T23:11:00.000-08:00Unfazed, not unphased. :)Unfazed, not unphased. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186457242428335144.post-23395500136447231732009-02-25T22:59:00.000-08:002009-02-25T22:59:00.000-08:00I wouldn't say get rich. 175m users and they still...I wouldn't say get rich. 175m users and they still can't make money. Unless they sell to a big corp, I don't see how you keep 175m people online.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186457242428335144.post-4673587923088951572009-02-25T21:58:00.000-08:002009-02-25T21:58:00.000-08:00Takes the ideas guy and entrepreneur to build the ...Takes the ideas guy and entrepreneur to build the basics to the point where it takes off. Then you need those quality programming graduates to make it efficient, to scale, etc. You need both to succeed to this level.<BR/><BR/>That said, first guy gets rich sometimes while the commodity programmers just have jobs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186457242428335144.post-31396154283111393962009-02-25T21:40:00.000-08:002009-02-25T21:40:00.000-08:00Ya, Stanford and ton of others. The only reason F...Ya, Stanford and ton of others. The only reason Facebook took off the way it did was because first, Geocities didn't connect people, it connected pages. Then, along came MySpace and they let people have too much control (scary pages). Then came Facebook, a dictator who feed their populous what they wanted and kept up a good appearance. <BR/><BR/>Right place at the right time is all. Even if Geocities did try it way back then the Internet's user base still would've preferred anonymity.<BR/><BR/>Im sorry, but Zuckerberg did nothing innovative. It's still C.R.U.D. like the rest of the net.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186457242428335144.post-20239901669898195952009-02-25T21:02:00.000-08:002009-02-25T21:02:00.000-08:00Great story. It's little known that Stanford stude...Great story. It's little known that Stanford students were developing a "Facebook" back in '99. However, unlike Zuck they didn't survive the legal threats brought down on them by the university.<BR/><BR/>Original Stanford Daily article:<BR/><BR/>http://steamtunnels.org/online-facebook-raises-concerns/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186457242428335144.post-65643674355987338192009-02-25T20:49:00.000-08:002009-02-25T20:49:00.000-08:00If you can't teach, do.If you can't teach, do.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186457242428335144.post-78389374107321642262009-02-25T20:09:00.000-08:002009-02-25T20:09:00.000-08:00If you can do, if you can't teach.If you can do, if you can't teach.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186457242428335144.post-47304179497495504272009-02-25T19:12:00.000-08:002009-02-25T19:12:00.000-08:00The newsfeed idea actually originated in conversat...The newsfeed idea actually originated in conversations between Sean Parker and AOL for their partnership with FB (for status updates).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186457242428335144.post-21337830310269384592009-02-23T08:46:00.000-08:002009-02-23T08:46:00.000-08:00this is hilarious. reminds me of when i first saw ...this is hilarious. reminds me of when i first saw the web. my reaction was: ftp + mouse. so what?<BR/>-RemziAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com