@reillypascal@hachyderm.ioLet's not forget that the famous privacy-breaching and disgusting Facebook, originally named Facemash, was created by Mark Zuckerberg in 2003 with the main purpose of comparing the attractiveness of Harvard's female students.
#reminder #abusive_techbros #fuckability #facemash #facebook #techno_feudalism #digital_exploitation
@theconversationau Expulsion? Not so fast, maybe these students will go on to start the next big social networking service? Remember #Facemash?
@benfulton @carnage4life Correct, the real beginning is Facemash. IIRC it even appears in The Social Network movie.
2003 report from Harvard's student newspaper:
"The site was created entirely by Zuckerberg over the last week in October, after a friend gave him the idea. The website used photos compiled from the online facebooks of nine Houses, placing two next to each other at a time and asking users to choose the “hotter” person."
https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2003/11/19/facemash-creator-survives-ad-board-the/
#Facemash Creator Survives Ad Board
https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2003/11/19/facemash-creator-survives-ad-board-the/
