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It may not have much meaning today. But, 50+ years from now, it could well be a part of history related to Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook.

synnik 15y ago
I'll buy that IF you can tell me what innovations in 1961 were affecting the general public, and who was driving them. I rather suspect cultural memory is short-term.
- cryptoz 15y ago
  Space travel. 1961 was a hot year. Yuri went to space, for example.
  - Evgeny 15y ago
    However it's Yuri's name that comes to mind first, but how many would immediately remember Sergey Korolyov? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergey_Korolyov http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergey_Korolyov
gnaritas 15y ago
I doubt in 50 years anyone will know who Zuck is; he's really not that relevant historically. Steve Jobs will be known, Zuck, not from anything he's done yet. Facebook is not original or world changing, it's simply popular. It wasn't the first nor will it be the last social network.
- olivercameron 15y ago
  That may be true, but give the guy a little credit, he created a service that has 750 million active users. How many other people can say that?
  - gnaritas 15y ago
    I do believe I said it's popular. That's not making history though.
    - AltIvan 15y ago
      Yeah, creating something thas is popular IS history... people will still remember Michael Jackson... and Facebook... and another bunch of useless extremly popular things.
      - muuh-gnu 15y ago
        > people will still remember Michael Jackson People do and will remember Jackson because of the music with lasting value he left behind, not because they remember listening to that music 20 years ago. Facebook will, wenn G+ eats its lunch in a year or two, leave nothing tangible, audible or visible behind. Facebook will be just a memory, and memories quickly fade. Do you remember browsing geocities or tripod sites? Exactly. Me neither.
  - wisty 15y ago
    Larry and Sergy, Robyn Li, the iTunes store, the QQ guys, Jerry Yang and David Filo, Ballmer. (note, I'm guessing) There's tonnes of sites that serve 750 million. No service that has the same amount of activity, but in 10 years a few status updates will seem like usernet does today.
    - olivercameron 15y ago
      Jeez, you guys don't see the significance of a product having 750 million active users? I wouldn't be so quick to dismiss it's historical significance, especially without any precedent.
      - dorian-graph 15y ago
        No precedent? I assume you know of MySpace and the like so what do you mean there is no precedent to Facebook? Or do you mean to a product that has 750 million active users?
- ethnomusicolog 15y ago
  are you serious?

synnik 15y ago

I'll buy that IF you can tell me what innovations in 1961 were affecting the general public, and who was driving them. I rather suspect cultural memory is short-term.

cryptoz 15y ago
Space travel. 1961 was a hot year. Yuri went to space, for example.
- Evgeny 15y ago
  However it's Yuri's name that comes to mind first, but how many would immediately remember Sergey Korolyov? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergey_Korolyov http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergey_Korolyov

gnaritas 15y ago

I doubt in 50 years anyone will know who Zuck is; he's really not that relevant historically. Steve Jobs will be known, Zuck, not from anything he's done yet. Facebook is not original or world changing, it's simply popular. It wasn't the first nor will it be the last social network.

olivercameron 15y ago
That may be true, but give the guy a little credit, he created a service that has 750 million active users. How many other people can say that?
- gnaritas 15y ago
  I do believe I said it's popular. That's not making history though.
  - AltIvan 15y ago
    Yeah, creating something thas is popular IS history... people will still remember Michael Jackson... and Facebook... and another bunch of useless extremly popular things.
    - muuh-gnu 15y ago
      > people will still remember Michael Jackson People do and will remember Jackson because of the music with lasting value he left behind, not because they remember listening to that music 20 years ago. Facebook will, wenn G+ eats its lunch in a year or two, leave nothing tangible, audible or visible behind. Facebook will be just a memory, and memories quickly fade. Do you remember browsing geocities or tripod sites? Exactly. Me neither.
- wisty 15y ago
  Larry and Sergy, Robyn Li, the iTunes store, the QQ guys, Jerry Yang and David Filo, Ballmer. (note, I'm guessing) There's tonnes of sites that serve 750 million. No service that has the same amount of activity, but in 10 years a few status updates will seem like usernet does today.
  - olivercameron 15y ago
    Jeez, you guys don't see the significance of a product having 750 million active users? I wouldn't be so quick to dismiss it's historical significance, especially without any precedent.
    - dorian-graph 15y ago
      No precedent? I assume you know of MySpace and the like so what do you mean there is no precedent to Facebook? Or do you mean to a product that has 750 million active users?
ethnomusicolog 15y ago
are you serious?