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    1. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 16 Dec 2015

      Microsoft wasted time trying to copy Google. Google wasted time trying to copy Facebook. What will Facebook waste time copying?

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      Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 16 Dec 2015

      Incidentally, whatever it is, buy.

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        2. Tommy Nicholas‏ @tommyrva 16 Dec 2015
          Replying to @paulg

          @paulg so far, they've been pretty good about trying to buy whatever they're trying to copy. Failed with Snapchat, but definitely tried.

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        3. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 16 Dec 2015
          Replying to @tommyrva

          @tommyrva Different kind of copying. I'm talking about copying something stupidly far from your center of gravity because it is hot.

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        4. Tommy Nicholas‏ @tommyrva 16 Dec 2015
          Replying to @paulg

          @paulg gotcha. I think Facebook for Work would qualify if they were putting lots of resources into it https://www.facebook.com/help/work 

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        1. Eric Lawrence  🎻‏ @ericlaw 16 Dec 2015
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          @paulg Yelp? https://medium.com/@blakeross/how-to-swallow-200-million-accidentally-c7d8ed57e625#.9iiutt46p …

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        1. Josh Varty‏ @ThisIsJoshVarty 16 Dec 2015
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          @paulg "Incidentally, whatever it is, buy." Mark seems to have openly embraced this approach.

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        1. Sam‏ @BodinSamuel 16 Dec 2015
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          @paulg Snapchat, youtube, twitch, twitter... They literally copy everyone

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        1. Benjamin Netter‏ @benjaminnetter 16 Dec 2015
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          @paulg Snapchat obviously.

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        1. Ariel Diaz‏ @arieldiaz 16 Dec 2015
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          @paulg if you can. Facebook seems to like that strategy (FriendFeed, Instagram, WhatsApp, etc.)

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        1. Shawn Lord‏ @ShawnPLord 8 Jan 2016
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          @paulg Emotient was one of the companies I was thinking of here, but it looks like Apple just beat Facebook to the punch. FB to copy soon?

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        1. Dragos Manolescu‏ @hysteresis 16 Dec 2015
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          @paulg or even better, apply for a job 😉

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        1. Xavier Faure‏ @XFaure 16 Dec 2015
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          @paulg Not sure. Microsoft did copy Netscape.

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        1. Shawn Lord‏ @ShawnPLord 16 Dec 2015
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          @paulg whoever leads in realtime emotional analysis (along with corresponding always-on wearable). Who needs likes when you can mine feels?

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        1. Joseph Lewkovich‏ @jlewkovich 16 Dec 2015
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          @paulg Well, they just copied Yelp recently

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        1. Eric Jorgenson  🛠 📈‏ @EricJorgenson 16 Dec 2015
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          @paulg This week, it is @Thumbtack.

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        1. Dylan Straughan‏ @DylanStraughan 16 Dec 2015
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          @paulg Nah, they'll just offer them $3B and then subsequently forget about them. Lesson Learned after Myspacehttp://thenextweb.com/facebook/2012/10/20/zuckerberg-to-startup-school-myspace-was-great-earlier-on-but-felt-threatened-by-facebook/ …

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        2. josh avant‏ @joshavant 16 Dec 2015
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          @paulg ...Snapchat? Eeeehh.

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        3. Spike  ⛏ Rundle‏Verified account @flyosity 16 Dec 2015
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          @joshavant @paulg FB already wasted time on a Snapchat clone called Slingshot, and they shut it down officially last week.

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        4. josh avant‏ @joshavant 16 Dec 2015
          Replying to @flyosity

          @flyosity @paulg Guess it's time to sell Snapchat. :X

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        1. Brady Law‏ @bradysays 16 Dec 2015
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          @paulg but would Facebook have been as successful if it were under Google's direction?

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        1. ejdrouillard‏ @ejdrouillard 16 Dec 2015
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          @paulg I believe MZ has said they were chasing Twitter. They tried copying snapchat but failed fast...

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