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Re:I interviewed at six top companies in Silicon Valley in s... by rhizome on Friday January 18, 2019 @05:21PM (#18943659)
>That's an argument against anything social-network-like in general, because there's nothing that makes FB uniquely suitable.

Then why did they choose FB when there are so many other group-chat type websites out there? I mean, Friendster is still around, or LinkedIn, or...

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Re:I interviewed at six top companies in Silicon Valley in s... by manfredo on Friday January 18, 2019 @08:23PM (#18944653)
Probably because it simply has the biggest userbase.
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Re:I interviewed at six top companies in Silicon Valley in s... by Apocryphon on Saturday January 19, 2019 @11:43AM (#18947811)
Doesn’t that provide a rationale to promote many different social media networks instead of one big one that could be used for such nefarious purposes?
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Re:I interviewed at six top companies in Silicon Valley in s... by m0zg on Saturday January 19, 2019 @04:10PM (#18949197)
If they're not federated, I don't see how they are useful as "social networks". If they are federated, I don't see how having many of them would solve the problem.
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Re:I interviewed at six top companies in Silicon Valley in s... by rhizome on Saturday January 19, 2019 @04:27PM (#18949281)
Isn't that a quality that makes them "uniquely suitable?" I was trying to unwind GP's statement.
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