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		colinprince on Feb 6, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Roger McNamee says the 'like' button was 'beginnin... I think what he's getting at is that Facebook's path became clear as soon as: 1. the reciprocity effect started (photo-tagging) and then; 2. social validation started (the like button)

sneakernets on Feb 6, 2019 [–]

That was always there anyway, but the like button made it that much easier to validate.

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