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Mark Zuckerberg Wanted To Sacrifice Facebook for a Different Idea | Valleywag

Reposted from http://bit.ly/wSOket on January 31, 2012 at 01:08PM

It might be built on science, but Silicon Valley can be as fickle and fashion conscious as any Paris couturier. Back in 2004, for example, social networking looked trivial and grubby; truly cool programmers worked on swapping copyrighted music and movies. Even robotic Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg was swept up in the trend, planning to sacrifice his now-$75 billion social network for a file-sharing venture, according to newly released instant messages. More »