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I'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 user

by jonknee 13y ago

I'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 ago
That 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.