Dear Mark Zuckerberg

Re:Dear Mark Zuckerberg by jenius on Wednesday August 01, 2012 @05:09PM (#4325734)

I think Dalton is in it for a cause, and a belief. A belief that he has strengthened and reinforced in his mind for months. One that he is totally convinced is true. And right here he demonstrated the strength of that belief and of his cause. He could essentially have sold his soul to the devil and been rich and happy, or stuck with his belief, and he stuck with it.

Whether or not he is right, I'll give him a lot of respect for sticking with his guns and turning down something so outrageously tempting that hardly anyone else has turned down ever, just to chase his dreams. Props Dalton, and whether or not you get it, you deserve congrats and success for this.

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Re:Dear Mark Zuckerberg by dsushant on Thursday August 02, 2012 @07:09AM (#4328161)

You are on the right track. Couple points to round it off: 1. Dalton is questioning the dominant business model online & fired his first salvo via join.app.net. 2. As a vocal spokesman for a pro-user & pro-developer platform design, he's got to rally his forces. No wonder he is gunning for the big ones - the first indication was his response to Fred Wilson's post (http://daltoncaldwell.com/fred-wilson-is-wrong-about-free).

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Re:Dear Mark Zuckerberg by ryanmerket on Thursday August 02, 2012 @02:25AM (#4327573)

Give me a break. He didn't have this idea back in June. It was a result of his twitter and Facebook platform experiences.

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Re:Dear Mark Zuckerberg by petegrif on Thursday August 02, 2012 @02:39AM (#4327614)

I agree. I think this is the culmination of a lot of thinking that started with his experience with the music business.

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