Mira gathered her tiny team in a cramped conference room. On the whiteboard, she had written the original Facebook mission from 2004: "Give people the power to build community and bring the world closer together."
Mira received a call from a venture capital firm offering $200 million. The catch: add a feed. Add likes. "Just a few small tweaks to maximize engagement." FBClone
Then came the smear campaign. Anonymous blog posts accused of being an "elitist echo chamber." A news story suggested it was a front for data mining (it wasn't; data was encrypted and user-owned). Daily active users dipped. Investors pulled out. Mira gathered her tiny team in a cramped conference room
