So given that we could quibble over Facebook and what social media is, it did come after MySpace. Me too? How many things are "me too" in a culture? All design

So given that we could quibble over Facebook and what social media is, it did come after MySpace. Me too? How many things are "me too" in a culture? All design and art is iterative, and it would at least seem feasible that they build on the pieces around them. Further, how many ideas[1] ended up hugely successful monetarily that existed previously in very similar incarnations? Hint: Think of any joke or quip and Google or search Twitter. Shockingly, you aren't the first... One can only wonder how many of those VC investors are ignoring the contexts of chance and the contemporary culture timing? There is also a cultural bias at play as well; the notion of one's thought / idea / concept as value of unique, versus cultural byproduct. Likely a Postmodern bit of theory in there, for another day...