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Greenspan -- You need to "let go" of your Zuckerberg fixation. I get it -- I think we all get it -- you think you deserve some or more credit for your role as

by davidu 16y ago

Greenspan -- You need to "let go" of your Zuckerberg fixation. I get it -- I think we all get it -- you think you deserve some or more credit for your role as a catalyst for Facebook. But you didn't invent Facebook, Zuck did. Zuck gets the credit. Sorry. :-( Time to move on and invent something great. Leave his shadow (and don't name your products Face or Book). As an aside, having read a lot of your writing -- you are way too verbose. It's really distracting from the point you are trying to convey and only detracts. Brevity, my man.

barmstrong 16y ago
He summed up the best arguments against himself with this: "I did stuff like that in college, too," or "he was only twenty-something years old; give him a break," or "most college students are immature," Those sound perfectly reasonable. Also, copying good features you see on other sites is business as usual in the valley and responsible for a whole lot of progress in software. Reverse engineering is fine as long as you aren't stealing code. Most innovation is just copying the best pieces you see in a variety of products all around you and putting them together in a new package.
tiffani 16y ago
Definitely in agreement with this. I remember reading about Aaron Greenspan a longggg time ago as a teenager and being motivated by his success with Think Computer and trying to do better myself. He'd won accolades for being so young, yet successfully running a business. That was admirable and really inspirational. This, however, isn't. Everybody has flaws, but it's getting to be a sad thing to watch an inspiration flail around repeatedly about how he's not getting credit for Facebook. I think a lot of us, depending on what contexts we've been in (college, most notably), have had an idea "copied" with the copier, in some cases, going on to get more recognition for the idea than we. I had a friend who built what was the pre-cursor to Facebook Marketplace and then watched as another classmate yanked the idea from him down to identifiable lines of code (Javascript, comments, etc.) and proceeded to have some success with it. Instead of going on a rampage about how he'd been ripped off, my friend just kept building and expanding his user base. He got up to around 1500 users (way more than the other guy) before Facebook Marketplace really hit (and he ultimately shut the site down), but his attitude wasn't to go around publishing whiny letters in the campus newspaper about the unoriginal classmate. I can't figure out why Aaron Greenspan can't take this route. If I'm missing something from a monetary/contractual standpoint, somebody let me know, but these posts look bad. :\ EDIT: Ambiguity on friend's marketplace app.
joegaudet 16y ago
"Time to move on and invent something great. Leave his shadow (and don't name your products Face or Book)." Was this related to: https://www.facecash.com/individuals.html https://www.facecash.com/individuals.html ?
- davidu 16y ago
  Yes. How dumb is that?
SriniK 16y ago
Right on. Seriously, i had some respect for the guy until I read the article. 'invented The Facebook'?
- deleted 16y ago
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by davidu 16y ago

barmstrong 16y ago

He summed up the best arguments against himself with this: "I did stuff like that in college, too," or "he was only twenty-something years old; give him a break," or "most college students are immature," Those sound perfectly reasonable. Also, copying good features you see on other sites is business as usual in the valley and responsible for a whole lot of progress in software. Reverse engineering is fine as long as you aren't stealing code. Most innovation is just copying the best pieces you see in a variety of products all around you and putting them together in a new package.

tiffani 16y ago

Definitely in agreement with this. I remember reading about Aaron Greenspan a longggg time ago as a teenager and being motivated by his success with Think Computer and trying to do better myself. He'd won accolades for being so young, yet successfully running a business. That was admirable and really inspirational. This, however, isn't. Everybody has flaws, but it's getting to be a sad thing to watch an inspiration flail around repeatedly about how he's not getting credit for Facebook. I think a lot of us, depending on what contexts we've been in (college, most notably), have had an idea "copied" with the copier, in some cases, going on to get more recognition for the idea than we. I had a friend who built what was the pre-cursor to Facebook Marketplace and then watched as another classmate yanked the idea from him down to identifiable lines of code (Javascript, comments, etc.) and proceeded to have some success with it. Instead of going on a rampage about how he'd been ripped off, my friend just kept building and expanding his user base. He got up to around 1500 users (way more than the other guy) before Facebook Marketplace really hit (and he ultimately shut the site down), but his attitude wasn't to go around publishing whiny letters in the campus newspaper about the unoriginal classmate. I can't figure out why Aaron Greenspan can't take this route. If I'm missing something from a monetary/contractual standpoint, somebody let me know, but these posts look bad. :\ EDIT: Ambiguity on friend's marketplace app.

joegaudet 16y ago

"Time to move on and invent something great. Leave his shadow (and don't name your products Face or Book)." Was this related to: https://www.facecash.com/individuals.html https://www.facecash.com/individuals.html ?

davidu 16y ago
Yes. How dumb is that?

SriniK 16y ago

Right on. Seriously, i had some respect for the guy until I read the article. 'invented The Facebook'?

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