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Assertion Contradicted
DHH: Facebook had no clear monetization strategy in 2010
“When I did that analysis on Facebook, they did not have a monetization strategy. What they had was a lot of traffic”
David Heinemeier Hansson (DHH) Mar 17, 2026 ▶ 21:28 $100M+ Advice That'll Piss Off Every Business Guru (ft. DHH)
Assertion Contradicted
Puri: Alex Schultz said localization was Facebook's biggest growth driver
“He goes, the biggest growth driver in Facebook's growth bar none was when we localized the service, which he's like, was not easy.”
Shaan Puri May 22, 2024 ▶ 14:46 How Gary Vee Predicts The Next Facebook (Every Time)
Assertion Contradicted
LittleThings reached 250M monthly uniques and $90M revenue in four years
“And so within four years, they were the most shared website on Facebook, bigger than Viral Nova, bigger than BuzzFeed, bigger than HuffPo, all these publishers that were huge in the 2014, 15 era. And it started getting something like two hundred and fifty mill…”
Sam Parr Jan 29, 2024 ▶ 52:35 $20M In ONE Day?! (#544)
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