Facebook has apparently sorted out the tricky issue of who actually came up with whole idea; the site reportedly settled a lawsuit with the three fouders of ConnectU yesterday. said the New York Times.
They had alleged that Mark Zuckerberg pinched the idea at Harvard back in 2003, and Facebook countersued for unfair business practices. Either way, the case has now settled though the terms were not disclosed.
As the New York Times said today, Facebook needed to clear the air over this case - not least in the hope that things like Zuckerberg's diary, which was part of the evidence submitted to court, might disappear into the inter-ether. No chance. It's a bit like Adrian Mole, twenty years on.
"28 October 2003
8:13pm
------ is a bitch. I need to think of something to make to take my mind off her. I need to think of something to occupy my mind. Easy enough now I just need an idea...
9:48pm
I'm a little intoxicated, not gonna lie. So what if it's not even 10pm and it's a Tuesday night? What? The Kirkland facebook is open on my computer desktop and some of these people have pretty horrendous facebook pics. I almost want to put some of these faces next to pictures of farm animals and have people vote on which is more attractive."
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