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That's pretty much how I've always seen it. Facebook as a singular product will eventually wilt and go the way of friendster and myspace. The smart thing Zucker

That's pretty much how I've always seen it. Facebook as a singular product will eventually wilt and go the way of friendster and myspace. The smart thing Zuckerberg has done is to keep acquiring the next big things. Facebook as a company is extremely well-situated and won't be going anywhere any time soon, even though Facebook will eventually die out or become utterly worthless.

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tivert 8y ago
> The smart thing Zuckerberg has done is to keep acquiring the next big things. Though that strategy requires the cooperation of both the government and the leaders of those "next big things." The founder of the next big social network may prefer to be the next Mark Zuckerberg rather than the next Kevin Systrom.
- majewsky 8y ago
  > The founder of the next big social network may prefer to be the next Mark Zuckerberg rather than the next Kevin Systrom. /me looks at Wikipedia page of Kevin Systrom > Net worth: 1.6 billion $ I think I'd be okay with being Kevin Systrom. (Especially considering that Systrom is mostly unknown in the general public, whereas Zuck has a large amount of people who personally hate him.)
  - tivert 8y ago
    > /me looks at Wikipedia page of Kevin Systrom >> Net worth: 1.6 billion $ Net worth of Mark Zuckerberg: 75.6 billion USD > I think I'd be okay with being Kevin Systrom. (Especially considering that Systrom is mostly unknown in the general public, whereas Zuck has a large amount of people who personally hate him.) I would probably make the same decision as Systrom, given the opportunity, but I don't think everyone would. Some people would rather be the new tech titan rather than the guy who sold himself out to keep the old tech titan in power for another decade. There are also other motivations a found may have to not sell out to Zuckerberg. In my original comment considered including the WhatsApp founders. They both made out handsomely, but their creation will be corrupted to fit Zuckerberg's privacy-free vision rather than their privacy-preserving one.
skinnymuch 8y ago
Messenger is nearing 1.5B active users. That’s not an acquired product.

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tivert 8y ago

> The smart thing Zuckerberg has done is to keep acquiring the next big things. Though that strategy requires the cooperation of both the government and the leaders of those "next big things." The founder of the next big social network may prefer to be the next Mark Zuckerberg rather than the next Kevin Systrom.

majewsky 8y ago
> The founder of the next big social network may prefer to be the next Mark Zuckerberg rather than the next Kevin Systrom. /me looks at Wikipedia page of Kevin Systrom > Net worth: 1.6 billion $ I think I'd be okay with being Kevin Systrom. (Especially considering that Systrom is mostly unknown in the general public, whereas Zuck has a large amount of people who personally hate him.)
- tivert 8y ago
  > /me looks at Wikipedia page of Kevin Systrom >> Net worth: 1.6 billion $ Net worth of Mark Zuckerberg: 75.6 billion USD > I think I'd be okay with being Kevin Systrom. (Especially considering that Systrom is mostly unknown in the general public, whereas Zuck has a large amount of people who personally hate him.) I would probably make the same decision as Systrom, given the opportunity, but I don't think everyone would. Some people would rather be the new tech titan rather than the guy who sold himself out to keep the old tech titan in power for another decade. There are also other motivations a found may have to not sell out to Zuckerberg. In my original comment considered including the WhatsApp founders. They both made out handsomely, but their creation will be corrupted to fit Zuckerberg's privacy-free vision rather than their privacy-preserving one.

skinnymuch 8y ago

Messenger is nearing 1.5B active users. That’s not an acquired product.