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Today is Facebook's 10th anniversary

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Re: Today is Facebook's 10th anniversary

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Post by batuhanicoz »

MojoJolo wrote: post #14

Happy 10th birthday Facebook! You have such a love and hate relationship with more than a billion people around the world. Awesome. You guys wanna check out "A Look Back" [0]. It shows your highlights and moments in Facebook. It feels good reminiscing those moments. I wonder though, did they generate the look back videos for all of their users? I think that will require massive computation power. [0] https://www.face…

My "Lookback" was beautiful; brought back some memories. Made me realise how much my life changed in 6 years.

As for your question, they are not generating it for every user; my test account doesn't have it. It's a 5 years old account.

Re: Today is Facebook's 10th anniversary

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Post by matthewmacleod »

RexRollman wrote: post #24

I just don't see how this is something to celebrate. Facebook is an awful company and an awful product.

Don't be obnoxious.

Facebook has obvious problems as a company—privacy violations, data retention, lock-in, and so on—and as software, especially with regard to the frequency with which it's buggy as hell.

However, it's also had more impact on the utility of the web for most users than almost any other product, save for perhaps Google. More than one-seventh of the entire human population now uses Facebook every month, which is incredible. And to achieve that in only 10 years—obviously by providing a service that many people feel is worthwhile—is still something that we can admire, regardless of the other issues around Facebook.

Re: Today is Facebook's 10th anniversary

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Post by freehunter »

72deluxe wrote: post #3

Bebo was 9 in January. I wonder who will win between them?

When I go to Bebo, it tells me they're currently closed but I can sign up for the new Bebo. The fact that they've had to shut their doors and reboot (like digg and myspace) puts some doubt in my mind as a user. Wikipedia tells me that they've also deleted all user content from the site. I especially wouldn't consider it to be nine continuous years if they're bankrupt and closed for business, even if they plan on reopening. If they succeed, Bebo launched in 2014.

Re: Today is Facebook's 10th anniversary

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Post by jpeterson »

matthewmacleod wrote: post #28
RexRollman wrote: post #24

I just don't see how this is something to celebrate. Facebook is an awful company and an awful product.

Don't be obnoxious. Facebook has obvious problems as a company—privacy violations, data retention, lock-in, and so on—and as software, especially with regard to the frequency with which it's buggy as hell. However, it's also had more impact on the utility of the web for most users than almost any other product, save for perhaps Google. More than one-seventh of the entire human population now uses Facebook every month…

However, it's also had more impact on the utility of the web for most users than almost any other product, save for perhaps Google.

If by "had more impact" you mean "changed it into a medium for idle entertainment".

Seriously, what problem does Facebook solve? Does it even do a very good job solving this problem? Does it have any redeeming quality whatsoever?

From where I stand, it's just another dumb fad that was in the right place at the right time. It's the slap bracelet of this generation.

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