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Does anyone know why "8" seems to be such an important number at Facebook (f8, Building 8, and I believe way back when they were using Fedora 8 the first time t
by thrusong 10y ago
Does anyone know why "8" seems to be such an important number at Facebook (f8, Building 8, and I believe way back when they were using Fedora 8 the first time they stated their server operating system, though that is probably coincidental)?
- zitterbewegung 10y agoThis is a guess but only thing I could think of 8 is a lucky number in Chinese culture and Zuckerberg is married to Priscilla Chan who has Chinese heritage.
- saurabhjha 10y agoI read it was something like their hackathons started at 8 PM.
- samastur 10y agoBecause in Slovenian you pronounce 8 almost the same way as "awesome" in English ;) (true, but not the reason)
- josephmx 10y agoFacebook has 8 letters?
- guptaneil 10y agoI'm fairly sure this is the primary reason, just like a11y is shorthand for accessibility and i18n is short for internationalization. It also helps that F8 looks like "FB" and sounds like "fate" but those were likely just bonuses.
- adtac 10y agoF8 looks like FB? Dunno, just a guess.
- mtberatwork 10y agoAn existential reminder that bowing to Facebook is our eventual "fate/F8"?
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