Re:Facebook couldn’t have been British
by nck4222 on Wednesday October 20, 2010 @09:31AM
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"Why would a university incite you to drop out of it? What does the university gain from that?"
Well, I'm sure they wouldn't incite you to do it, but look how much Harvard has gotten from Facebook, even with the founders dropping out.
They're mentioned in the media any time Facebook or Zuckerberg are (blog articles, newspaper articles, a movie...), they gain prestige as "the place Facebook was founded," and the founders of Facebook will probably make (or already have made) generous monetary contributions.
Well, I'm sure they wouldn't incite you to do it, but look how much Harvard has gotten from Facebook, even with the founders dropping out.
They're mentioned in the media any time Facebook or Zuckerberg are (blog articles, newspaper articles, a movie...), they gain prestige as "the place Facebook was founded," and the founders of Facebook will probably make (or already have made) generous monetary contributions.