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Comment on Ask HN: Should I make a Facebook alternative?

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"Here are some odds, if you’re building just a simple company to charge a few people, what are the odds of that being a success? 1:5, 1:10 I don’t know. But the odds of you building the next Facebook or MySpace are probably not 1:10, if it was I wouldn’t be giving this speech, I’d be trying to make the next Facebook." - @DHH StartupSchoolTalk 2008

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CDXJ6bMkMY

This is still one of my favorite talks.

Yeah, this sounds like something people would say in 2008, but not 2018. Facebook has lost a lot of favor since then.

y, but it's still a dream for lots of devs, I'm not a fan of Fbook but I love the story of how it was created (especially the movie version, even if it's not all true) and how much wealth it generated for the founders and employees.

Thank you for sharing the video is great!

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