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So how long until someone makes the first private tracker plugin for a social network? It would be some bona fide utility from these things, at least...


facebook would shut it down instantly. A "Share with your friends" app would be awesome, and a powerful tool, but it wouldn't last a minute. Likewise, Google+.

Which is another good reason for us to hope an open social web continues to grow.


Just wanted to point at a nostalgic event from 2009, when Facebook began censoring Piratebay links: http://torrentfreak.com/facebook-blocks-all-pirate-bay-links...


I might be remembering wrong, but I think in the very early days of facebook there was something that allowed you to file share through it that Mark had added in. I believe it was taken out though because the hostility that would have come from the entertainment industry wasn't worth the risk.

Looking for the link.


It was called Wirehog and was a seperate website which was linked to Facebook users accounts. Sean Parker encouraged Mark to shut it down (although Mark seemed interested in the idea at the time) because he saw another Napster situation coming and knew Facebook could be big without the hassle.




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