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Give up Wirehog project
Occurs in: 2004 autumn
Event: two insiders TechCrunch Disrupt innovation at this year's meeting, Facebook CEO Mark said Mark Zuckerberg (Mr Zac in early 2004) has released a P2P file-sharing service, and the service Wirehog nearly led to Facebook midway die young.
The two industry insiders were music sharing service Napster founder Sean Parker (does Sean Parker) and "the Facebook Effect" (Facebook) have the author of the book David ko Patrick (David Kirkpatrick).
According to Tony parker, said zack berger memories of Wirehog and Facebook was equally are very seriously. Zack sulzberger launch Wirehog far walk in the forefront of The Times and then have not even f8 development platform. However, ko Wirehog project, said Patrick in 2006 were suspended.
Early Facebook users may remember Wirehog this additional project, Facebook users can use with friends Wirehog music file sharing pictures and. People feel surprised be, was almost few customers have privacy problem, perhaps because Facebook only to the United States is at some universities open. And can use Wirehog user is less.
How Facebook: early in a mess of Wirehog quietly, before the advent of file sharing has left many anti-piracy fighter veins, so it is not difficult to imagine BenZhang sheba, Facebook when investors first think how much a service, this leads to some obstacles. But, according to people familiar with the Wirehog project said halfway through were cut, because Facebook poineering group Wirehog development that not quickly enough to Facebook, and its influence.
Facebook Wirehog remedial: how was closed. More importantly, Facebook began to Wirehog played very indifference. According to sources, this is not true. In fact zack nico rosberg and Facebook co-founder, especially early team Andrew Michael LAN (Andrew McCollum) to Wirehog had placed a ardent expectations, and that Wirehog have potential and Facebook vie.
But in 2007, as Facebook developer platform, which launched Wirehog can see the philosophy behind the has influenced deeply on the development of Facebook, which USES Facebook user identity and social relationship for another application provides basis.
Forced out dynamic message
Occurs in: September 2006
Event: now look is stupid matchless and not always, but in the autumn of 2006, Facebook users to revolt against the website a sudden lift called dynamic message (News) of the new function're. This function will be displayed on the whereabouts of polymerization user friend's home page, rather than spreading in the user their archives page, so Facebook users initially claimed that this function let their wanderlust, like a tracking same.
How Facebook mess of: now in retrospect we will find, Facebook in social networking field to a long step, and roll out dynamic message this will annoy users function is it have to take risks. However, Facebook can take more moderate ways, not sudden once the function of imposition to the user.
Facebook how to remedy: zack berger writes the blog on Facebook said: "we this really screwed up." Subsequently, Facebook privacy control options increased, the user can choose not to show some of the operation of the front page in friends, such as change relationship state, etc.
Cancel the beacon advertising program
Occurs in: November 2007
Event: in 2007, Facebook in New York city released lighthouse (Beacon) advertising project, this is Facebook Ads overall advertising as part of the project. Facebook users in participated in the lighthouse advertising project cooperation website for any operation, these data will be displayed in the Facebook site, including users in shopping behavior, on the site Yelp web site in Blockbuster's remarks, in the behavior of the lease. Privacy fighters war-not in activism groups, including the MoveOn. Most clangorous org, the group has claimed this practice greatly violated the user's privacy rights and interests.
