Inside Facebook’s Oregon data center

Re:Inside Facebook’s Oregon data center by larrys on Saturday August 18, 2012 @04:00PM (#4402134)

This was cool. But while the title says "a rare look inside" I wonder how rare this really is? When something is rare or unusual many times it ends up first on a major news show where it can gain from mainstream publicity and influence. Specifically coming to mind in the US is "60 Minutes" which frequently airs never before seen or extremely rarely seen things (and interviews) and is given access because of their exclusivity and established brand. Everybody uses facebook so things like this would be of interest to a national news audience. I'd venture to say that giving gigaom access is hardly rare.

As an example:

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-18560_162-57345302/a-rare-look-a...

And of course there was this back in January of 2012:

http://www.intelfreepress.com/news/a-peek-inside-facebooks-o...

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Re:Inside Facebook’s Oregon data center by philip1209 on Saturday August 18, 2012 @04:24PM (#4402201)

"A rare look inside" seemed odd to me, but I decided to repost the original title verbatim. If pg wants to edit it, he is welcome to!

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Re:Inside Facebook’s Oregon data center by larrys on Saturday August 18, 2012 @04:28PM (#4402211)

Oh I'm not referring to the HN title but the article title. The HN title generally should be the article title.

http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

"Otherwise please use the original title, unless it is misleading or linkbait."

(I wouldn't say it's absolutely clear that the original title is linkbait either although it could be depending on the circumstances).

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Re:Inside Facebook’s Oregon data center by philip1209 on Saturday August 18, 2012 @06:07PM (#4402479)

To follow up, the title was edited by HN - looked like pg worked his magic :-)

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