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I like how Gawker proposes Marc Andreessen as the replacement, when Andreessen is known for making technically incredible projects that burn out and don't go an

by unalone 18y ago

I like how Gawker proposes Marc Andreessen as the replacement, when Andreessen is known for making technically incredible projects that burn out and don't go anywhere. Hire the guy who made Ning, which churns out bland social networks, and make him run Facebook, whose challenge has been to create its own unique identity? Really smart move. I also like how people keep citing this "1,000,000 person poll" like it's a sign of outright dislike (my friends have all universally settled in, and now are protesting the rumored "pay-for Facebook" cost, which I find funny enough not to get irritated out) rather than a sign of universal love for the site, enough to get mad. I know a lot of protestors that wish kids cared as much about the war as they do about Facebook. To the people who have been dissing Facebook's recent change, I ask: when was the last time you made a product that had that many passionate users? Because I'm doing cursory thinking, and perhaps Amazon or Apple come to mind, but not many things beyond that. Not even Google has such a level of passion.

ryanwaggoner 18y ago
Andreessen is known for making technically incredible projects that burn out and don't go anywhere. We must be thinking of different Andreessens. The one I'm thinking of founded Netscape (sold for $4.2 billion in 1999), Opsware (sold for $1.6 billion in 2007), and Ning (raised over $100m on $500m+ valuation, and traffic up like 400% YoY). Now, who knows what will happen with Ning. The fact that investors pumped in $100m certainly doesn't mean that it's a success. But it seems a bit unfair to say that his projects don't go anywhere.
- unalone 18y ago
  I'm using my own neurotic definition of "burn out", which is to say "I don't care about anything he's done". I know I'm in disagreement with pretty much the whole world when I call Netscape a complete and awful failure, especially considering I'd say the same about Firefox, so I probably should have used better terminology.

by unalone 18y ago

ryanwaggoner 18y ago

Andreessen is known for making technically incredible projects that burn out and don't go anywhere. We must be thinking of different Andreessens. The one I'm thinking of founded Netscape (sold for $4.2 billion in 1999), Opsware (sold for $1.6 billion in 2007), and Ning (raised over $100m on $500m+ valuation, and traffic up like 400% YoY). Now, who knows what will happen with Ning. The fact that investors pumped in $100m certainly doesn't mean that it's a success. But it seems a bit unfair to say that his projects don't go anywhere.

unalone 18y ago
I'm using my own neurotic definition of "burn out", which is to say "I don't care about anything he's done". I know I'm in disagreement with pretty much the whole world when I call Netscape a complete and awful failure, especially considering I'd say the same about Firefox, so I probably should have used better terminology.