[crusty]

I agree with the initial premise, origin story more likely was nerd bros desperately wanted to get rich and get laid. Connecting the world only came around when they were told they couldn't put that into their business plan template as their mission statement.

But I have a feeling you are confusing things and timelines. Perhaps you are remembering the actual hot or not site that did just what you remember while thinking of the facemash or whatever that Zuckerberg made prior to FB that we probably all learned about when we watched The Social Network.