[makomk]

Have to admit that I didn't expect to see that quirk of LiveJournal culture mentioned in an article on the HN front page, let alone in a speech to the Library of Congress. It just sort of faded away without really influencing the current generation of social networks.

Also, it's funny how the net changes, how unthinkable it is to have a social network that doesn't slice up people's data and use it to advertise to them now compared to how anti-advertising LiveJournal was back then. Not convinced it's a change for the better.

[idlewords]

I'm the guy who gave this talk. To add to the funny, LiveJournal hired me to rewrite their ad engine in 2007. I did a horrible job at it, but turned my ineptitude into a principled and lucrative ideological stance that I have milked ever since.

Don't be afraid to pivot.

[bo1024]

I enjoyed reading it a lot, thank you. I think about these issues a lot and you gave me new things to think about / crystallized some nice perspectives.

[embarcadero]

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[pauldino]

There's a YouTube link at the top of the page. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gcu2GQf7PI&feature=youtu.be...