America: Starting with the acquisition of MGM

Chapter 135 Facebook goes online and emergency response

June 1, 2003, today is the day Facebook officially launched.

UCLA, as one of the public Ivy League schools, brings together outstanding students from all over the world.

As a student from a well-off family, Barry does not have to pay for his own tuition, and he also has his own laptop.

Get up as usual, the first thing you do when you open your eyes is open your laptop, and then skillfully open Google to see what interesting news happened in the world in the past night.

The result is a line of big characters that catches the eye - "Facebook, let everyone become the protagonist!"

As an experienced surfer, Barry immediately understood that this was an advertisement, even though the page took up too much space.

Shaking his head, he opened it with no interest. He browsed through it and found nothing interesting.

Then I quit Google and opened Yahoo. As a result, the most conspicuous thing on the first interface was the sentence-"Facebook, let everyone be the protagonist!".

After hesitating for a while, Barry clicked in this time, randomly gave himself a fake name, entered his gender, age, school and other information, and he came to his main interface.

It took him more than ten minutes to read the introduction and understand how Facebook operates, and then he posted his first text update.

And when he got up, washed up, and checked his notebook again, the exclamation mark in the upper right corner reminded him of new news.

Clicking on it to check it out, there were two comments under the post just posted, and there was also a friend application from a girl. Of course, no one knew whether there was a girl behind the computer.

This couldn't help but make Barry feel novel and excited. He had never had such an experience before.

If you want to make an analogy, it's like secretly using a phone to make a toll call to the customer service lady when you were young.

The friend application was approved immediately, and the first name appeared in Barry's friend list.

He left the dormitory with his laptop in his arms, not stopping at all, but his eyes were always fixed on the laptop screen.

Barry discovered that through the girl, he could actually see the other party's friend's main interface and posts, and he could add the girl's friends as friends.

This means that if two people become friends, it does not only represent two people, but also a huge network of relationships behind them.

Just like a neuron can send out countless branches, as long as you are willing to try, you can add a friend list of 5,000 people, because Facebook currently only supports the upper limit of 5,000 people.

"Hey! Junior, look ahead when you walk."

Suddenly, a persuasive voice sounded in his ears. Barry looked up and saw a sexy and hot blonde leaning against the pillar in the corridor looking at him.

"Laura Lynn!"

Barry couldn't help but blurt out the other person's name. The beautiful girl opposite was a member of the school cheerleading team, the dream lover of many boys, and a frequent guest in the boys' private dirty jokes.

"Do you know me?" Lauralin asked with a smile.

"Of course, who doesn't know you at this school?"

"Giggle, am I so popular? But I don't seem to know you. We are not friends yet."

The friends that Barry misses are all in the school team, and I can't get smashed on the playground with my physique.

"Junior, if you want to be my friend, add my Facebook account so that you can know what I am doing at all times."

Barry nodded hurriedly: "I'm using Facebook, look."

The two added friends, and after waving goodbye to Lauralin, Barry happily continued walking to the classroom.

As a result, along the way, he discovered that many handsome men and beautiful women were recruiting people for promotion, either members of the school team or cheerleaders. At this time, Barry suddenly realized that it was another advertisement.

But even if he knew it was an advertisement, he couldn't bear to delete it. These members of the school team and cheerleading team were all famous figures in the school. How could they interact with him in normal times? Now that he has them, he must cherish them.

Besides, although it didn't last long, Barry found that Facebook was quite interesting. The updates he posted could also attract comments from others, which allowed him to find a little bit of pleasure in being the center of the crowd.

“Facebook, let everyone be the protagonist!”

Barry seems to understand the meaning of this advertising slogan.

The same thing is happening in major universities across the United States. As the group of college students with the strongest ability to accept new things, many of them soon chose to join Facebook.

Eric did not go to MGM today. Instead, he took a plane to Silicon Valley early in the morning and is now sitting on the office floor where Facebook is located.

He, Fitzheisenberg, Robert Millen, and Howard Hughes gathered in front of the computer and watched the background data.

I saw that the original number of user registrations suddenly jumped from "0" to "544".

Eric looked down at the time: "In less than five minutes, there were more than 500 new users. It's a very good trend."

"Because your promotion strategy is correct, boss, there is no more suitable soil for the development of Facebook than university campuses in this world." Heisenberg complimented.

Eric smiled: "How's the server issue going?"

"We are purchasing and have already placed an order. In fact, as long as it is completed within a month, I believe it will not be a big problem. With the current server capacity, it will definitely be able to sustain it, unless people go crazy."

“Don’t take it lightly, give users the best experience all the time, and face challenges so that we can always be invincible.

"By the way Fitz, I suddenly discovered a problem. Although Facebook supports users to post pictures and updates, no matter whether they are using mobile phones or cameras, uploading pictures always relies on data cables or memory cards. Is it possible to develop a software that allows pictures to be uploaded? Transmission is more convenient.”

"Boss, do you mean to abandon the data cable or memory card?"

"That's right."

Fitz thought for a moment: "It shouldn't be difficult. We can develop a plug-in for Bluetooth technology and build it into Facebook. Users only need to match the Bluetooth of their mobile phones and computers to transmit, but there are still problems."

"what is the problem?"

"Looking at mobile phones, most of them now have built-in Bluetooth functions, but computers have a longer life cycle, and some or older ones most likely do not have Bluetooth modules installed."

Eric chuckled: "This is not our problem. Users' problems need to be solved by themselves. We only provide convenient paths, which may also stimulate consumption. Those electronic product manufacturers should thank us."

"Well, I will complete this plug-in as soon as possible. The technical difficulty is not high. It will probably take about a week."

Eric nodded: "Let's use this plug-in as Facebook's first version update. From now on, we must constantly launch new content, once a month is the minimum."

"Like, block, privacy settings, view visitors, search engine, automatic recommendation of friends, mini games, I need you to slowly complete it."

"Don't worry, boss, I know what to do!"

As he spoke, the numbers in the background jumped again, from 3554 to 15387.

Eric's eyes lit up: "Why did it suddenly grow so much?"

The technical guy next to him entered the database and started checking. After a while, he turned around and reported: "Boss, it was Nicole Kidman who registered an account and posted a post. She brought considerable traffic."

As a social network software, Facebook requires real-name registration as the primary condition. Without this foundation, the sense of reality will be greatly weakened, so the technology can quickly lock in the target from the background.

However, this real-name system is only a broad concept. The system's internal program can only determine whether it is a person's name, but cannot determine whether the name is authentic.

For example, if you name "Shit" and you know at a glance that it is not a person's name, then the registration cannot be completed.

Your real name is Sheldon, but you registered as Leonard. Congratulations on your successful registration.

Facebook can only go so far. It wants to truly complete the real-name system, similar to the real-name system in later generations of China.

It is necessary to access the federal database and dump citizens’ social security accounts and other private information into Facebook’s database.

However, if you think about it, you will know that this approach is impossible and the law will not be passed.

Moreover, in later generations, Facebook has caused many user privacy leaks due to technical reasons, so it has been sued and fined more often.

That is to say, it did not lead to too serious consequences, and the crime was passed carelessly.

If it were really connected to the federal database, it would be more than just insignificant mobile phone numbers and email accounts that would be leaked.

The requirement of real-name registration adds a hurdle for everyone.

Big stars will definitely use their real names, which can enhance exposure and publicity, unless they plan to open a trumpet to fight others.

For example, basketball stars James and Durant like to open trumpets to compliment themselves or curse others; Meghan Markle even opened 12 trumpets in a row to scold her sister-in-law Kate Middleton; Yuan Li, a very famous Chinese actress, The dog theft incident has even become a joke.

Unlike big stars, ordinary people are casual. No one really knows what is behind the computer.

Eric found a computer and sat down, logged into his Facebook account, searched for Nicole, and clicked to add a friend.

After waiting for a while, it didn't come through.

He added it again and still failed.

After trying several times in a row, Eric simply called, and this time the call was connected in seconds.

"Nicole, I saw you opened a Facebook account. Why can't I add you as a friend?"

On the opposite side was Nicole's slightly helpless voice: "Eric, is it really you? You don't know that since I logged in, dozens of Eric Coopers have wanted to add me as friends, as well as other friends. Yes, I can’t tell who is true and who is false.”

"I passed the first one, and after a few words, the other person started asking for photos of me, to be precise, nude photos."

"I'm alert. Fortunately, I didn't send it to the other party in a hurry. Otherwise, there will definitely be one of me in the news tomorrow."

Eric instantly understood that it turned out to be a problem with the same name. Thinking about it, it was strange that hundreds of millions of people didn't have the same name, let alone those who fished in troubled waters.

"I understand, remember my ID, search and add me directly, hang up, you reminded me of something, I need to deal with it quickly."

After speaking, Eric hung up the phone and hurriedly walked out of the small room.

"Fitz, now use our official account to send a message to everyone, warning everyone that there are many users with the same name, so don't be fooled."

"If the other party asks for money, sensitive information, etc., be sure to call to verify and don't be fooled easily!"

Hearing this, Fitz slapped his forehead and realized that this might be a big problem.

Especially since Facebook is the first social network software and everyone has no experience with it, if someone misbehaves at this time, Facebook will definitely suffer.

The message was sent quickly, and after more than ten seconds, the technical guy nodded and said it was done.

Fitz sighed: "Now is the accumulation period of new users. There will be a large influx of new users every moment. You can resend this message every hour."

Then he looked at Eric: "Boss, is this okay?"

"Can we distinguish between them and only remind newly registered users? Reminding the same user multiple times may cause the other party to become bored."

"Sorry boss, our backend is not that smart yet." Fitz shook his head.

After hesitating for a moment, Eric said: "I don't think this method is good. Let's put our reminder under "welcome to facebook" on the Facebook login interface."

"As long as the user logs in again, this interface will pop up. If someone is still fooled, it can only be said that this kind of person is suitable for staying at home and playing Atari."

Everyone looked happy, this was indeed a simple and labor-saving method.

"Fitz, there is another feature to be developed, which is the real-name authentication of public figures, including all current and future public figures who will join Facebook."

"Whether it is in the political circle, film and television circle, music circle, or fashion circle, as long as users label themselves as public figures, they must require information authentication."

"After the certification is passed, you can add an eye-catching suffix after the name, or other methods. You can discuss the details."

"Boss, what about ordinary users?"

"General users also need to set up an insurance policy. We don't care whether the other party uses a real name or a pseudonym when registering. However, once the account is banned for any reason, if you want to unblock it, you must authenticate through real-name verification. If you pass it, you will be unblocked. If you fail, your account will be permanently blocked." .”

Fitz carefully took note of Eric's request: "Okay, this feature will be launched together with the Bluetooth plug-in."

"Boss, thank you for flying over here to take charge. Even though we have thought about it a lot, there are still too many issues that we have not considered."

"Especially in the face of such a dangerous emergency problem, if you weren't on-site to take command, everyone would definitely be in chaos."

Eric smiled: "You can flatter less and do more things. The problems faced by Facebook may also be the problems faced by YouTube and Lionheart in the future. It will be good for everyone if they are solved."

As he spoke, he looked at Robert Mirren and Howard Hughes: "Facebook will be quite busy recently. If necessary, you can come and help."

The two nodded in agreement.

At this time, the data jumped again, from 38453 to 56123, an increase of nearly 20,000 new users.

The background data is set to automatically refresh every ten minutes.

The reason for the crazy jump in data must be that another celebrity has settled in.

Thanks to Luciferhx for the 200 coin reward, boss!