I also remember how bad the mobile app was, it was very poorly rated in the app store. It would lose auth even i think. The people at the firm I worked on could

I also remember how bad the mobile app was, it was very poorly rated in the app store. It would lose auth even i think. The people at the firm I worked on couldn't believe how poorly it was built when big companies including Apple were making major progress on apps with very small teams. >I think you dodged a bullet not getting on board that train wreck. Maybe you're right. I did end up heading to the valley and applying to YC and eventually getting a couple companies funded, but hard to know. I am not fond of Facebook the product or its business these days but back then I thought it was cool and built apps on it very early. > My guess is that Facebook only decided to go mobile-first when it realized that a phone is a much better personal data slurping device than a stationary desktop computer. You may be right, but I think they also realized that mobile ads converted. I can't remember but someone could probably write a book about Facebook's move to Mobile on its own. Speaking of mobile privacy, I also remember that we were all aware of how messed up permissions on iOS were--in that you could read full contact list data silently. Not long after we had Path-Gate: http://technologyfront.com/journalism/2012/02/17.html http://technologyfront.com/journalism/2012/02/17.html