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How Facebook Helped Change the Tech World

posted by robind on Thursday February 13 2014, @05:07AM   Printer-friendly
from the like-this dept.
Maow writes "Wired.com has a 10th anniversary look at some of the innovations that Facebook has led, or at least been at the forefront of.

This is not about how "Likes" and "the Wall" and "Timelines" have changed how users interact with the internet and each other.

This is about open-sourced data centres, and the like:

Behind the scenes, inside the massive data centers that power this worldwide social network, you’ll find all sorts of other technologies that have changed our world in very different ways — and perhaps bigger ways.

Any good techie can appreciate the items listed or at least several of them. They are often over-looked ways that Facebook has contributed; ways that average Facebook users probably have absolutely no clue about; ways that might earn them just a bit of respect from the most die-hard Facebook haters."

 
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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by CowboyTeal on Thursday February 13 2014, @05:12AM

    by CowboyTeal (15) on Thursday February 13 2014, @05:12AM (#16)
    What bothers me the most is how they retain all data, even images. If you look at what they did with the lookback video, you'll notice that they use photos that you supposedly deleted. I have 0 photos besides my avatar but yet they published my old pics. I feel very safe to know that they retain everything. :/
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  • (Score: 0) by mattie_p on Thursday February 13 2014, @05:16AM

    by mattie_p (13) on Thursday February 13 2014, @05:16AM (#19) Journal
    I can't remember the last time I logged into facebook. I didn't even check my wall on my birthday to acknowledge good wishes, shows what a crappy friend I am.

    • (Score: 1) by umafuckitt on Thursday February 13 2014, @05:26AM

      by umafuckitt (20) on Thursday February 13 2014, @05:26AM (#21)
      What's facebook?

  • (Score: 2, Funny) by amblivous on Thursday February 13 2014, @05:42AM

    by amblivous (19) on Thursday February 13 2014, @05:42AM (#32)
    What is this Facebook thing you refer to? Is that some old protocol like gopher?
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    • (Score: 1) by umafuckitt on Thursday February 13 2014, @06:04AM

      by umafuckitt (20) on Thursday February 13 2014, @06:04AM (#34)
      Nah, it must be older than gopher.