Inethiwekhi yokuqala yokuxhumana eyaduma umhlaba wonke kwakungeyona i-Facebook, yize abasebenzisi abaningi beyikholelwa, kwakuyi-MySpace, eyenziwe nguJustin Timberlake, uhlobo lokuxhumana nabantu lapho lAbasebenzisi bangalayisha izithombe zabo, amavidiyo nolwazi oluhlukahlukene. Kepha ngokufika kweFacebook MySpace yaqala ukukhohlakala yaze yaba yindawo yesikhulumi enenani elilinganiselwe labasebenzisi.
USteve Ballmer, isikhulu esiphezulu seMicrosoft kuze kufike uSatya Nadella, unikeze ingxoxo kwinethiwekhi yaseMelika i-CNBC. Kule ngxoxo uBallmer uqinisekisa ukuthi iMicrosoft ibe nezingxoxo zokuthenga inethiwekhi yokuxhumana nabantu i-Facebook, ukufinyelela okunikezwayo kwezigidi ezingama-24.000Isithembiso sokuthi, njengoba sonke sazi, senqatshwa yisikhulu esiphezulu senkampani, uMark Zuckerberg.
AbakwaMicrosoft bebazi ukuthi inkampani inamandla kangakanani kwezomnotho, ukukhula kwayo bekungalungile, yingakho uBallmer enentshisekelo yokuthenga inethiwekhi yokuxhumana nabantu njengamanje inabasebenzisi abasebenzayo abangaphezu kwezigidi eziyi-1.600 ngenyanga. Ngaleso sikhathi i-Facebook yayingeyona i-giant namuhla, kepha uZuckerberg wayazi amandla ayo, amandla abelokhu ewanciphisa kancane kancane futhi lokho kumvumele ukuthi abe ngomunye wabantu abacebe kakhulu emhlabeni.
Endleleni, inkampani kaZuckerberg ithenge iWhatsApp nezinye izinkampani ezingadumile kangako zama ukuthola okuningi kumininingwane yomsebenzisi. Kumele kukhunjulwe ukuthi i-WhatsApp ishintshe ukunqanyulwa kwensiza yohlelo lokusebenza lokuthumela imiyalezo emasontweni ambalwa edlule, kwaphoqa ukuthi samukele ukuthi bathengisa ngemininingwane yethu uma sifuna ukuqhubeka nokusebenzisa lolu hlelo, into amanye amazwe afana ne-Germany, Spain ne-Great Britain. abakuthandanga. I-Brittany. Abokugcina bacwaninga ukuthi ushintsho ezimeni luyiqiniso yini noma uma, kunalokho, luzosebenza njengeJalimane, okuphoqe inkampani ukuthi isule yonke imininingwane ebiyiqoqile kubasebenzisi bayo selokhu yamemezela imigomo emisha.