Y Combinator's Paul Buchheit:The Surprising Learned from 200+ Startups (2016)

Re:Y Combinator's Paul Buchheit:The Surprising Learned from ... by whatyoucantsay on Saturday January 06, 2018 @02:39PM (#16087029)

> "For example, Facebook had an offer from Yahoo for a billion dollars, which everyone told Zuck to take. Fortunately, he said no. Had he said yes, it would have been another failed Yahoo acquisition and Facebook would not have nearly as much impact."

This is breathtakingly naive, idiotic or evil

Take your pick

It simply boggles the mind that he doesn't even consider the possibility that Facebook not having "nearly as much impact" could be preferable to our current world.

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Re:Y Combinator's Paul Buchheit:The Surprising Learned from ... by lgas on Saturday January 06, 2018 @05:49PM (#16087925)

I think he just means it's fortunate from Zuck/FB's perspective, not from the perspective of the rest of the world. The context is startup success.

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Re:Y Combinator's Paul Buchheit:The Surprising Learned from ... by whatyoucantsay on Sunday January 07, 2018 @04:40AM (#16090092)

Isn't "impact" generally about social change rather than monetary success?

For example, "the Khan Academy has made a tremendous impact".

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Re:Y Combinator's Paul Buchheit:The Surprising Learned from ... by SamReidHughes on Sunday January 07, 2018 @12:48AM (#16089469)

If you don't like Facebook, you don't have to use it.

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Re:Y Combinator's Paul Buchheit:The Surprising Learned from ... by whatyoucantsay on Sunday January 07, 2018 @04:38AM (#16090085)

And yet it will still build a shadow profile for you.

(Also your comment isn't true for many people in marketing, community or HR positions)

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