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When FB was founded there were: MySpace Friendster Whimit - Russians online (LOL) and many other small examples. There was still AOL, MSN, etc. There
by EGreg 3y ago
When FB was founded there were:
MySpace
Friendster
Whimit - Russians online (LOL)
and many other small examples. There was still AOL, MSN, etc. There was a time when they ruled.
The only reason that FB, Google and yes Amazon were even able to launch, is because the open permissionless web disrupted AOL, MSN etc. Imagine them allowing Amazon to launch on top of them. They’d cannibalize them just like Amazon cannibalizes sellers.
- oblio 3y agoAll of those had 10% of Facebook's current users, at best, and probably 1% of their spare cash. Scale matters. You seem to be a programmer, you should know that. Quantity has a quality all its own.