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Assertion Contradicted

Rosenthal: Facebook's Newsfeed was the invention of the web feed

“They didn't exist. This was the first one. This was the invention of the feed.”

David Rosenthal Oct 28, 2024 ▶ 2:10:46 Meta (Audio) · Acquired

Assertion Supported

Facebook Newsfeed Initially Updated via Cron Jobs Due to Memory Limits

“Yeah, it was a cron job because they didn't have enough memory to run it in real time.”

David Rosenthal Oct 28, 2024 ▶ 2:12:41 Meta (Audio) · Acquired

Assertion Partly supported

Rosenthal: Facebook received 30,000 angry support emails on day one of News Feed

“They get 30,000 angry emails to support on the first day from users who are really upset about this.”

David Rosenthal Oct 28, 2024 ▶ 2:14:43 Meta (Audio) · Acquired

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