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- I have a super unique idea that nobody has thought of before: an online community where you can connect with friends, send messages and stuff. Keep a lid on i

by tjogin 18y ago

- I have a super unique idea that nobody has thought of before: an online community where you can connect with friends, send messages and stuff. Keep a lid on it though, I don't want this never-thought-of-before idea to get out!!! (Ideas are worthless. Execution is all that matters.)

jibiki 18y ago
I've never understood all the AG hate on this site. I can see how you could pity the guy, or dismiss him out of hand, but a lot of people on this site seem to hold genuine malice towards him. It's bizzare.
- deleted 18y ago
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- fallentimes 18y ago
  >I can see how you could pity the guy, or dismiss him out of hand I think more people would feel that way if legal action wasn't involved. Suits & lawsuits tend to leave a bad taste in people's mouths...
- jpwagner 18y ago
  What's really strange is that all this hate gets so much positive karma. Anytime I post something like these guys, I get blasted into the negative. I'd be curious to know the general thought on how often it's appropriate to get yourself into these types of legal issues. (AG seems to have a pretty loose trigger finger when it comes to serving papers.)
- Herring 18y ago
  They're entrepreneurs here, or at least they identify with entrepreneurs. I think it makes perfect sense.
  - thinkcomp 18y ago
    This makes no sense, actually. I incorporated my company in 1998, so if entrepreneurs always identify with other entrepreneurs, then... Aaron
    - Herring 18y ago
      All the more reason for them to hate you, backstabbing cockbite. See now even I dislike you a little & I'm not an entrepreneur :)
- tjogin 18y ago
  I don't even have an opinion on AG. I'm just saying that having "the idea of Facebook", and that you were the first to have that, is retarded. First of all, it's a really really old idea. Second of all, the idea is irrelevant. What made Facebook succeed was the execution. That goes for most of the other online successes as well. Selling books online, or search, aren't novel ideas. Amazon and Google, too, succeeded because of execution. They all did.
- axod 18y ago
  Suing Facebook because you 'came up with the idea'? Writing a "tell all" book and trying to sell it? Blatently violating the Google TOS, and then suing them because they wouldn't tell you what part of the TOS you violated? That's 3 pretty big reasons.
- zasz 18y ago
  He must have his fans, too. Many of his comments have high karma scores, and apparently people like this article he wrote and submitted. I can see why they might not be terribly vocal in the face of all these people willing to be negative, though.
redrobot5050 18y ago
Big same. Bucknell University, where I worked as a teenager on their computer help desk, had an electronic facebook that all the techies jokingly referred to as "Stalker.net". That was 1998. I don't know when Friendster launched, but i know people who've had profiles since 2002, so again, a "social networking site" had already been done and launched.
- kragen 18y ago
  Also: sixdegrees.com.

by tjogin 18y ago

jibiki 18y ago

I've never understood all the AG hate on this site. I can see how you could pity the guy, or dismiss him out of hand, but a lot of people on this site seem to hold genuine malice towards him. It's bizzare.

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fallentimes 18y ago
>I can see how you could pity the guy, or dismiss him out of hand I think more people would feel that way if legal action wasn't involved. Suits & lawsuits tend to leave a bad taste in people's mouths...
jpwagner 18y ago
What's really strange is that all this hate gets so much positive karma. Anytime I post something like these guys, I get blasted into the negative. I'd be curious to know the general thought on how often it's appropriate to get yourself into these types of legal issues. (AG seems to have a pretty loose trigger finger when it comes to serving papers.)
Herring 18y ago
They're entrepreneurs here, or at least they identify with entrepreneurs. I think it makes perfect sense.
- thinkcomp 18y ago
  This makes no sense, actually. I incorporated my company in 1998, so if entrepreneurs always identify with other entrepreneurs, then... Aaron
  - Herring 18y ago
    All the more reason for them to hate you, backstabbing cockbite. See now even I dislike you a little & I'm not an entrepreneur :)
tjogin 18y ago
I don't even have an opinion on AG. I'm just saying that having "the idea of Facebook", and that you were the first to have that, is retarded. First of all, it's a really really old idea. Second of all, the idea is irrelevant. What made Facebook succeed was the execution. That goes for most of the other online successes as well. Selling books online, or search, aren't novel ideas. Amazon and Google, too, succeeded because of execution. They all did.
axod 18y ago
Suing Facebook because you 'came up with the idea'? Writing a "tell all" book and trying to sell it? Blatently violating the Google TOS, and then suing them because they wouldn't tell you what part of the TOS you violated? That's 3 pretty big reasons.
zasz 18y ago
He must have his fans, too. Many of his comments have high karma scores, and apparently people like this article he wrote and submitted. I can see why they might not be terribly vocal in the face of all these people willing to be negative, though.

redrobot5050 18y ago

Big same. Bucknell University, where I worked as a teenager on their computer help desk, had an electronic facebook that all the techies jokingly referred to as "Stalker.net". That was 1998. I don't know when Friendster launched, but i know people who've had profiles since 2002, so again, a "social networking site" had already been done and launched.

kragen 18y ago
Also: sixdegrees.com.