FriendFeed

2 statements across 1 episodes · 0 bullish · 1 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Jul 31, 2025 by Bret Taylor · said 8 times in 1 episodes since 2025 · across every show →

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Jul 31, 2025
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Taylor: FriendFeed created the Like button to eliminate one-word comment replies
“The product problem we were trying to solve is get all the one word answers out so that The discussion was actually like actual comments as opposed to acknowledgements that you read the thing. So we, the original framing was one click comment.”
Bret Taylor Jul 31, 2025 ▶ 1:26:17 He saved OpenAI, invented the “Like” button, and built Google Maps: Bret Taylor (Sierra)
Jul 31, 2025 negative
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Taylor: FriendFeed lost to Twitter despite superior uptime and product features
“I think it was a time when like Twitter had the fail whale and it was down half the time and people couldn't even use it. And, you know, we, our product, we were innovating faster. We had more features. People liked it. We could. And we were up a hundred perce…”
Bret Taylor Jul 31, 2025 ▶ 26:08 He saved OpenAI, invented the “Like” button, and built Google Maps: Bret Taylor (Sierra)
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