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Comment by etempleton

1 day ago

Naming your company off a product that doesn't really exist yet and then ultimately fails is a pretty crazy and stupid thing to do. A bit cart before horse.

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FartyMcFarter  11 hours ago

I think they were trying to disassociate themselves from the PR disasters Facebook was facing back then (privacy related IIRC).

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