In that answer he links to an article which ends on an important point that the author of the submitted TC article seems to ignore: Of course there's no guaran

In that answer he links to an article which ends on an important point that the author of the submitted TC article seems to ignore: Of course there's no guarantee that Facebook will actually realize any of this potential -- there were many search engines before Google, and they all fumbled the opportunity they had, but it's important to at least understand the potential for big things.