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What's the point of this article? Sometimes it isn't about being cool, it's about being really useful to a ton of people. Driving a car isn't "hip" or "cool" (u
by arasmussen 13y ago
What's the point of this article? Sometimes it isn't about being cool, it's about being really useful to a ton of people. Driving a car isn't "hip" or "cool" (unless you're driving a Tesla) but it sure as hell eases the lives of hundreds of millions of people.
Facebook's mission isn't to be a "cool hangout" place, it's to make the world more open and connected. If they developed their product in such a way that it was only used by younger folk then they'd be excluding 75% of the population which is not connecting the world.
I'm really sick of these articles.
- nrivadeneira 13y agoThe point is that Facebook originally gained it's popularity because it was a "cool hangout". Like the author, I was in college when Facebook first came out. Being restricted to college kids, it wasn't about "being really useful to a ton of people". They developed their product in exactly the way you say they shouldn't. Of course, that was a long time ago, so this article is obviously far too late. That all changed the day they allowed non-college-students in.
- arasmussen 13y agoI don't think anybody would have heard of them today if they hadn't developed their product that way.
- nrivadeneira 13y agoThat's exactly the point - sometimes it is about being cool and not about being really useful to a ton of people, evidenced by Facebook's early days.