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Facebook was a much, much, much smaller (like 30-60x) smaller company back then.

ghaff 4y ago
Facebook was still a big company in 2010. (But I agree that this sort of communication, if not its exact wording, is more appropriate at a smaller company.)
- disgruntledphd2 4y ago
  Sure, according to Statista (https://www.statista.com/statistics/273563/number-of-facebook-employees/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/273563/number-of-faceboo...) they had 2k employees in 2010. They now have 70k, so they were 3% of the size back then. I stand by my point.
  - ghaff 4y ago
    Fair enough. I didn't realize they were that relatively small. So I guess my objection is mostly with some of the wording.
  - ipaddr 4y ago
    68k extra employees and facebook of 2010 was better than today.
    - underwater 4y ago
      No decent mobile app, no groups, no Messenger, no Instagram, no WhatsApp, no real advertising product. It isn't 35x better, but there is no way the product offering is worse. The Facebook experience feels worse, but that's because the novelty wore off and people don't share anywhere as much as they did back in the heyday.
      - ipaddr 4y ago
        The timeline changed into the monster we experience today. We had pokes, games that interacted with our profiles, pictures and albums that all displayed. We still have the network concept where if I went to MIT I was part of that group. This is golden age facebook peaking around facebook graph 2012. WhatApp came with 55 employees, instagram had 13. They introduced groups October 2010. No messenger or mobile app. People have stopped sharing but many shares are suppressed and ads appear every 3rd post. Things haven't improved.. but I see they are selling verified profiles now I guess some people were looking forward to that product offering
        ghaff 4y ago
        I don't even use WhatsApp or Instagram so I judge Facebook on the basis of Facebook alone. I still use it but there are literally only maybe a dozen people I know who use it with any regularity. I certainly won't pay Facebook to use it.

Facebook was still a big company in 2010. (But I agree that this sort of communication, if not its exact wording, is more appropriate at a smaller company.)

disgruntledphd2 4y ago
Sure, according to Statista (https://www.statista.com/statistics/273563/number-of-facebook-employees/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/273563/number-of-faceboo...) they had 2k employees in 2010. They now have 70k, so they were 3% of the size back then. I stand by my point.
- ghaff 4y ago
  Fair enough. I didn't realize they were that relatively small. So I guess my objection is mostly with some of the wording.
- ipaddr 4y ago
  68k extra employees and facebook of 2010 was better than today.
  - underwater 4y ago
    No decent mobile app, no groups, no Messenger, no Instagram, no WhatsApp, no real advertising product. It isn't 35x better, but there is no way the product offering is worse. The Facebook experience feels worse, but that's because the novelty wore off and people don't share anywhere as much as they did back in the heyday.
    - ipaddr 4y ago
      The timeline changed into the monster we experience today. We had pokes, games that interacted with our profiles, pictures and albums that all displayed. We still have the network concept where if I went to MIT I was part of that group. This is golden age facebook peaking around facebook graph 2012. WhatApp came with 55 employees, instagram had 13. They introduced groups October 2010. No messenger or mobile app. People have stopped sharing but many shares are suppressed and ads appear every 3rd post. Things haven't improved.. but I see they are selling verified profiles now I guess some people were looking forward to that product offering
      - ghaff 4y ago
        I don't even use WhatsApp or Instagram so I judge Facebook on the basis of Facebook alone. I still use it but there are literally only maybe a dozen people I know who use it with any regularity. I certainly won't pay Facebook to use it.