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Facemash makes more sense I think I was misled by another comment I read, thanks. To an uneducated observer (that would be me and I cautiously assume most of t
by bloomshed 16y ago
Facemash makes more sense I think I was misled by another comment I read, thanks.
To an uneducated observer (that would be me and I cautiously assume most of the girls being compared on Facemash back then) girls were being evaluated on their physical appearance. That is not a noble pursuit.
I completely agree with you about the motives of the characters in the movie being ultimately for the movie. I think a lot of people in this discussion are reading way too much into Sorkin and Zuckerberg.
Anyone who seriously thinks Zuckerberg made facebook because he got dumped by a girl doesn't deserve acknowledgment. It was a mistake for Zuckerberg to even bring this up.
- stuhacking 16y ago> To an uneducated observer girls were being evaluated on their physical appearance. That is not a noble pursuit. Yeah, that's right. It was the execution that was referred to as 'Turing' rather than the notion that they were being compared by a metric other than looks. (I'm sorry if I'm being redundant here.) This is a reference to the Turing test, whereby, an observer holds conversations simultaneously with a human and computer counterpart over a network. The observer must attempt to identify the computer from the two conversations purely from the responses given. So it's the idea of putting two things side-by-side and choosing the more desirable... as opposed to simply assigning a number which is a little more arbitrary. I suppose on one hand he saw an idea that would become an instant success due to the simplicity of execution. You are right though: It's not a noble pursuit.