[jancsika]

I'm confused-- I thought all these HN posts about federation and distribution were appearing because Facebook looked like it could be crumbling.

Facebook got its start for one reason and one reason only-- you could use it to find Waldo.

Are you saying that global discoverability is not a valuable feature of a usable social network?

[eitland]

> Facebook got its start for one reason and one reason only-- you could use it to find Waldo.

I though vanity was the main driver for Facebook adoption?

[guiambros]

In the beginning there was no news feed, so Facebook really got its start thanks to people wanting to get in touch with friends and family.

The news feed (and consequently vanity, people begging for attention etc) came much later.

[Eric_WVGG]

That was later. The original driver was “hey all my family and friends I lost touch with are right here.”