The point OP and a few other hapless souls in this thread are trying to make is that HN's all-consuming hatred for FB and Zuckerberg (irrespective for whether o

The point OP and a few other hapless souls in this thread are trying to make is that HN's all-consuming hatred for FB and Zuckerberg (irrespective for whether or not it's justified) blinds them and prevents them from giving credit where it's due. There's rarely a single reason for the success of a big beast such as Facebook. Many older social networks had a 'network', Google Plus had good engineering and design... but HN's disdain for all things FB gravitates them towards choosing the least charitable reason so that they can minimize the credit that Zuck et al need to be given.