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> why were we the ones to build this? We were just students. We had way fewer resources than big companies. If they had focused on this problem, they could have
by ronilan 13y ago
> why were we the ones to build this? We were just students. We had way fewer resources than big companies. If they had focused on this problem, they could have done it.
What does "this" refer to? ;)
Exclusion by school email address, that's a resource. Big companies didn't have that, so they couldn't start "this" the same way, so they got to a different "it" and so on... Caring is important, but every social phenomena is unique by origin when you connect the dots backwards.
- eurleif 13y agoAlso, it's not just big companies who "could have done it". About a million different teenagers (including me) made virtual pet sites in the early 2000s. Virtual pet sites have profiles, friends lists and social features. If you get rid of the virtual pets, you have a social network. But that probably seemed too simple to us.