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I like to propose a variation of Zawinski's law (1) that i think is appropriate here: Every app attempts to expand until it has a Facebook-like timeline. Apps
by huskyr 10y ago
I like to propose a variation of Zawinski's law (1) that i think is appropriate here:
Every app attempts to expand until it has a Facebook-like timeline. Apps which cannot so expand are replaced by ones which can.
1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamie_Zawinski#Principles https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamie_Zawinski#Principles
- ebalit 10y agoYou mean Twitter-like timeline. At risk of being a bit "pedantic", I think credit should go to Twitter and not Facebook for this idea. Facebook Newsfeed was a smart move. They took the best idea of Twitter at the right time. That and introducing asymmetrical relation. They're trying to do the same thing with Youtube. And apparently Google isn't going to wait to respond.
- huskyr 10y agoMaybe i should just rephrase it to 'timeline' or 'newsfeed'. I don't think you can credit one single company for 'inventing' the idea of a timeline. Before Twitter there were RSS readers, before that blogs, before that newsgroups, etc. Facebook just did a very good implementation of the idea, obviously inspired by everything that preceded it. Twitter is a good example of that of course.