I was once a Facebook fool

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Post by numair » Fri, Sep 23, 2011, 1:24 PM UTC

I was once a Facebook fool
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Re: I was once a Facebook fool

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Post by kevingadd » Fri, Sep 23, 2011, 1:47 PM UTC

Sobering to see a story in which the record labels are, in comparison, the good guys.

Re: I was once a Facebook fool

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Post by bravura » Fri, Sep 23, 2011, 1:51 PM UTC

'Chamath had been previously known to me from my friends at Winamp as "the guy who fucked Winamp," (after Winamp had been sold to AOL) and seemed like a pretty lame dude.'

Does anyone know more about this back story?

Re: I was once a Facebook fool

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Post by wccrawford » Fri, Sep 23, 2011, 1:54 PM UTC

Aren't there laws against things like this?

Re: I was once a Facebook fool

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Post by itswindy » Fri, Sep 23, 2011, 1:54 PM UTC

Nasty business so watch your back

Re: I was once a Facebook fool

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Post by eyko » Fri, Sep 23, 2011, 1:55 PM UTC

wccrawford wrote: post #4

Aren't there laws against things like this?

Against bad-mouthing big, powerful, businesses? Yeah, I think so.

Re: I was once a Facebook fool

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Post by elliottcarlson » Fri, Sep 23, 2011, 1:56 PM UTC

"If you are entrusting your life data to Facebook, or if you are depending on Facebook and its platform for your livelihood, beware."

I think you should always be careful when you are entrusting any third party with your livelihood. You can only plan so much, but when your business plan requires that one crucial system and you have no way to even have a contingency plan, then you have to realize that it could easily be a make or break deal at any point in time.

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Post by snorkel » Fri, Sep 23, 2011, 2:02 PM UTC

tl;dr: Facebook offerings are skewed by corporate politics and whoever can score a better partner deal.

No surprises here. Large companies are heavily staffed by biz dev people whose job it is to make partnership deals. The key essential ingredient in all partnership deals, the brass ring, is "exclusivity" without which there often is no deal to speak of. This particular individual unfortunately was not awarded exclusivity.

Re: I was once a Facebook fool

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Post by kanwisher » Fri, Sep 23, 2011, 2:03 PM UTC

Seems strange that Chamath was 'evil' wanting to get his friend's business in as the music app for facebook, but it was totally fine when the author was getting his friend in? Seems like a double standard

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Post by brown9-2 » Fri, Sep 23, 2011, 2:03 PM UTC

While Dave Morin worked quietly and bravely to defend me against the moves of iLike and Facebook executives to shut down Audio, he eventually found himself as a casualty in a greater power play quietly orchestrated by Sean Parker and Mark Zuckerberg, in which he was demoted and replaced by Chamath Palihapitiya.

Do the two guys that run the company really need to "orchestrate" a "power play" to promote one person over another? I think this sounds far more Machiavellian than it likely was.