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Ask HN:Why was Sean Parker so confident about Facebook's success, even though...
7 points by nashequilibrium on Dec 31, 2013 | hide | past | favorite | 3 comments
When Sean Parker heard about Facebook, why was he so excited and confident in it's success when you had Friendster,HI5,Myspace and Stanford's internal network around. What stood out about Facebook in the face of all these rivals?



Engagement data was particularly outstanding, adoption rate across an entire university was super high. Parker could see the big picture and how Facebook was solving the important "real identity" problem of the internet.


It was a closed network for only college students and was gaining traction.


Yes! Sex sells. Who are looking for sex? College students. Who was that cute girl in class? Is that boy I met at that party actually cool or a tool? Answered with Facebook more than the other platforms.




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