It is believed that Facebook has fostered more than 14 connections for every man, woman and child on the planet…
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Journalists can find some pretty weird things interesting, but I never thought a 207-page government-mandated document would keep me turning the pages.
That changed Wednesday, with Facebook’s mammoth S-1 filing. It wasn’t so much an SEC prospectus as it was a peek into the personality of Mark Zuckerberg — and a field guide to the beast he’s responsible for. (The social network, that is, not the dog.)
It was all there, Zuck’s soul laid bare: his fears of everything that could harm the company (who knew the SEC could act as a therapist?) as well as his dreams for how it could change the planet. “Facebook was not originally created to be a company,” the founder wrote. “It was built to accomplish a social mission — to make the world more open and connected.”
To which I think we can safely reply: Mission accomplished.
The scope of Facebook has long seemed breathtaking, but this document still made our jaws drop. There are, it said, 100 billion friendships on Facebook. In other words, the social network has fostered more than 14 connections for every man, woman and child on has fostered more than 14 connections for every man, woman and child on the planet.
(via Instapaper)
