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My excitement is that Mark, who has been extremely staunch in his belief in "Facebook identity" (First Name/Last Name/Profile Pic, Online == Offline), is starti
by moot 13y ago
My excitement is that Mark, who has been extremely staunch in his belief in "Facebook identity" (First Name/Last Name/Profile Pic, Online == Offline), is starting to consider alternatives to that. It remains to be seen what that will ultimately amount to for Facebook's product/app offerings, but it's a huge shift in his personal beliefs.
I wrote up some thoughts on Snapchat's mainstreaming of anonymity/ephemerality a few months ago -- and believe there are huge opportunities out there for people who will go where Facebook/Google won't: http://chrishateswriting.com/post/67378144174/ephemerality-goes-mainstream-viva-la-snapchat http://chrishateswriting.com/post/67378144174/ephemerality-g...
- jonknee 13y agoI'm sure he's petrified of Facebook becoming being widely thought of as a for-profit arm of the US intelligence service. They don't have many more possible users in the US, Facebook needs foreign users or it will stop growing (which would be devastating to a company currently valued at 20x revenue). Facebook needs anonymity to work or the company's future is very uncertain.
- gojomo 13y agoThat may be a factor, but an equal or greater concern is the threat of losing the young: teens through twentysomethings. A single, merged, adult-centric identity visible to parents/mentors/distant-acquaintances/professional-colleagues is especially unattractive to this key demographic.