Even a small exodus, even a few people leaving would reverberate through the whole user base. The users are interconnected, that's the whole f***ing point! College kids are online because their friends are online and if one DOMINO--
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(reading off the computer) "Welcome to theFacebook, TheFacebook is an online directory that connects people through social networks. You must have a Harvard.edu address to register."
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(INTO PHONE) No it's today's paper, it went online yesterday morning around 10.
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(INTO PHONE) It's titled, "Hundreds Register for New Facebook Website" and then the sub- headline is "Facemash creator seeks new reputation with latest online project."
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We're gonna need a little start-up cash to rent'the servers and get it online.
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It was because I put up pictures of girls that people knew. So if people Want to go on the internet and check out their friends, why can't I build a website that offers that? An online community of friends. Pictures, profiles, whatever you can click into, visit, browse around. All from the privacy of your dorm room. I'm not talking about a dating site. I'm talking about taking the entire social structure of college and putting it online.
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CourseMatch. You go online, you get to see what courses your friends are taking?
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