Harvard Crimson article on Facebook the week it was launched

http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=357292

by blackswan • 19 years ago

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blackswan• 19 years ago

"I'm pretty happy with the amount of people that have been to it so far," he said. "The nature of the site is that each user's experience improves if they can get their friends to join it."

also

"While Zuckerberg promised that thefacebook.com would boast new features by the end of the week, he said that he did not create the website with the intention of generating revenue."

and

"Zuckerberg said that he hoped the privacy options would help to restore his reputation following student outrage over facemash.com, a website he created in the fall semester."

brianr• 19 years ago

"Zuckerberg said that the most innovative feature of the site is that people can search for other students in their classes so that they can branch out to form friendships and study groups."

I really miss this feature. (How else can I identify the cute girl from lecture?) Facebook took away Courses, apparently hoping that someone would develop a better one... maybe they didn't realize that everyone would have to add it for it to be useful.

bmaier• 19 years ago

I find it amusing how much Zuckerberg's apparent attitude has changed. Like not wanting to add resumes because they'd make the site less fun. I guess the idea of fun changes when you've got a 15 billion valuation to live up to.

ereldon• 19 years ago

respect.

ajkates• 19 years ago

Excellent find! I really miss the core concepts behind the original facebook. It could have been so much more if Zuckerberg had chosen to expand vertically instead of horizontally.

smelendez• 19 years ago

Crazy. This article is three and a half years old, and it already looks like something from the early half of "Our Dumb Century," especially when it's sometimes spelled as "face book."

Harvard Crimson article on Facebook the week it was launched

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