I am not pessimistic about Facebook’s future. I have used the social network for eight years and continue to be impressed with Mark Zuckerberg’s focus on product and his vision for the internet. When I logged into the site for the first time in the spring of 2004, I was prepared to hate the service. It was just weeks until Zuckerberg’s addictive platform won me over. And that was a far inferior Facebook: a sophomoric site where Zuck’s own silhouette still hovered in the top left corner of every page. Today, I still use the site. I find frivolous but satisfying content every day in the newsfeed. And the open graph has made countless websites and internet services immensely more valuable for me.
Three Headwinds for Facebook’s IPO
I am not pessimistic about Facebook’s future. I have used the social network for eight years and continue to be impressed with Mark Zuckerberg’s focus on product and his vision for the internet. When I logged into the site for the first time in the spring of 2004, I was prepared to hate the service. […]
May 15, 2012
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