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Facebook was originally an online equivalent of a yearbook, where you know, there are lots of pictures of faces.
by IgorPartola 10y ago
Facebook was originally an online equivalent of a yearbook, where you know, there are lots of pictures of faces.
- dragonwriter 10y agoIt was, more specifically, the online equivalent of a face book [0]. Which implies an answer to why name a product after printed media when it is not for print -- because it serves as an online equivalent or replacement. [0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Face_book https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Face_book
- vacri 10y agoHowever, a face book is a highly specific thing, where as 'paper' is about as generic as you can get - even wasps make it. Can I mop up a spill with dropbox paper? Make a hat out of it? Cut out a coupon? Make a saw[1] out of it? Not to mention that it's far from the first product named 'paper' in our tech bubble. [1] https://youtu.be/rYfkhdKcEiE https://youtu.be/rYfkhdKcEiE