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> why is facebook first? > Why is facebook the chosen one. Surely it wasn't chosen using random number generator. It's it obvious? It's been far more transpa
by ardy42 8y ago
> why is facebook first?
> Why is facebook the chosen one. Surely it wasn't chosen using random number generator.
It's it obvious? It's been far more transparently shameless.
> I don't think that answers GP's question though,
It does. The op was asking a why/why not question. He didn't even mention the concept of sequence.
- josh2600 8y agoI was musing philosophically. I know why Facebook is first and google isn’t on the chopping block. It’s because people don’t have the same relationship with google. No one is accusing google of colluding with foreign powers to sabotage democracy. It’s funny, right? If google had the best ad targeting during 2016, they would be on the crucifix right now just like Facebook, but they didn’t (maybe you can argue google ads aren’t as useful or as visceral as fb ads, but I think it’s complicated). You might argue that google wouldn’t work with the Russians, but that’s not obvious to me that Facebook did that intentionally either. There but for fortune.