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What if the new owner decides to "generate revenue" by selling your personal information to the highest bidder, and then turns the site off? Reselling the information is cheaper than keeping a bunch of programmers and sysadmins employed, after all.
class action lawsuit perhaps?
Yeah, that sounds pretty good, but I would have a backup strategy just in case...
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I thought that was pretty funny. I don't understand the harshness with which people vote down jokes on here.
If you're familiar with the content on Reddit, where the first 50% of the comments are puns and memes - not having to wade through that is actually quite refreshing. As to the harshness, I imagine people want to nip that behavior in the bud?
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grellas' analysis from the original article here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1509512
Just one additional note: The only reason this case got headlines was because a judge entered a TRO and this usually signifies that a case has merit of some kind. This case is an exception, however, as explained in my comment linked to above (explaining why the case has serious problems). As a follow up, upon removal of the case to federal court, the TRO has essentially already been dissolved: see http://www.allfaceb…
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http://www.scribd.com/doc/34239119/Ceglia-v-Zuckerberg-compl... 2003 Contract starts on page 11
On the last page there is a scan of a bank deposit slip with the routing number on the bottom. If the bank deposit slip is real then shouldn't it be possible to verify that with the bank's records?
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"Behind every great fortune there is a crime." - Honore de Balzac This is getting a bit tiresome. Tiresome to hear about, tiresome to watch, and certainly tiresome to think about. At a gut level I think this isn't the last contest for ownership of something with debatable value. 500,000,000 sets of eyeballs have quite a bit of potential , but what guarantee is there of revenue? Facebook, like Paris Hilton, is popular…
I'm pretty sure Facebook has been cash flow positive for a while. Here's the Techcrunch article about it from nearly a year ago: http://techcrunch.com/2009/09/15/facebook-crosses-300-millio... Also here's a report from Reuters: http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE65H01W20100618 Well, at least you got to quote Monsieur Balzac. Hell of a name.
As for the retaliatory down-voting, way to stay classy people.
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I'm pretty sure Facebook has been cash flow positive for a while. Here's the Techcrunch article about it from nearly a year ago: http://techcrunch.com/2009/09/15/facebook-crosses-300-millio... Also here's a report from Reuters: http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE65H01W20100618 Well, at least you got to quote Monsieur Balzac. Hell of a name.
I was aware of Facebook's profitability when I made the post. I still take issue with whether or not they've provided anything of value. When one gives search terms to Google one gets back search results. When one gives personal information to Facebook what does one get in return? As for the retaliatory down-voting, way to stay classy people.
FBs value is in connecting people. Humans are social by nature and FB extends that social nature out many orders of magnitude. Like you, I do wonder if the value is being over hyped. Who needs or even wants 100s of 'friends?' Real friends take time and effort and I wonder if we'll see backlash where people get back to less friends, but closer relationships.
Facebook, which hasn’t claimed the alleged contract with Ceglia is a phony, has "serious questions" about its authenticity, Simpson said. I don't understand this statement. If you're questioning its authenticity, aren't you implying that you think it's a phony?
Yes, but when you have "questions" about something's authenticity, it means you are the one asking for proof. If you claim that it's a phony, however, the burden is on you to show why you think it is so.
According to the above Bloomberg Article: Ceglia claims his alleged contract, which refers to " The Face Book " was signed about nine months before Facebook was founded, the company said in court papers. According to the NYT from 2007: http://nyti.ms/cC0HwJ "An e-mail message, circulated widely by Mr. Greenspan to Harvard students on Sept. 19, 2003, describes the newest feature of houseSYSTEM, as " The Face Book " an…
According to the above Bloomberg Article: Ceglia claims his alleged contract, which refers to " The Face Book " was signed about nine months before Facebook was founded, the company said in court papers. According to the NYT from 2007: http://nyti.ms/cC0HwJ "An e-mail message, circulated widely by Mr. Greenspan to Harvard students on Sept. 19, 2003, describes the newest feature of houseSYSTEM, as " The Face Book " an…
The traditional Harvard freshman register is known as "The Facebook". "Harvard Yearbook Publications is responsible for the creation and production of the Senior Yearbook as well as the Freshman Register (also known as the Facebook). The Freshman Register is an extremely useful hardbound reference book for freshmen that contains photographs, addresses, and secondary schools of class members." ( http://www.hcs.harvard…