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Re:A lot of “idiotic” things have reasonable explanations (2... by Animats on Wednesday May 27, 2020 @03:32AM (#23320403)
Facebook's dominance was earned. Remember Myspace? They were huge when Facebook started. Now they're tiny by comparison. Google tried and failed several times at social networks. Zuckerberg figured out how to manipulate humans in quantity through subtle programmed social cues. That's an achievement on a par with that of Hiram Maxim.
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Re:A lot of “idiotic” things have reasonable explanations (2... by rwmj on Wednesday May 27, 2020 @06:38AM (#23321460)
Oh come on, MySpace was an absolute disaster from a speed and usability point of view. It was obvious anyone could have done better than MySpace.

At the time I was using mixi.jp which was "MySpace done right" and was hugely engaging. (It's quite possible that Mixi might have become Facebook had they not committed commercial suicide later with some very stupid decisions. The only social network I know that deliberately tried to limit their userbase.)

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