Tom Anderson Quotes

What Google did in Web 1.0 was take a feature, which was search, and built an entire business around that utility. In Web 2.0, Twitter took a feature, which is sharing, and built a utility that allowed people to do that on a massive scale.

One thing we know for sure is that the Web is a collaborative medium unlike any we've ever had before. We see people working together, playing together, interacting in social settings using these media. We hope that will emerge as the new tool for education.

It's amazing how directly you can connect with people via social media.

Facebook's the real deal. Nobody can buy Facebook now. Everybody has taken an angle at it. But Facebook may be the place that organizes everybody's personal information. It's got a very good chance of being that.

MySpace is an addiction.

I think Tumblr tends to be - you can get more in-depth with things and more blogging, and Tumblr has been real great for me in terms of research because I have contacts with people from all walks of life all over the globe.

The primary focus on us is making Roblox into an international, global platform that allows people to come together and do things together from all walks of life.

I think social media is a great place to share ideas and to connect with other people.

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No matter how you feel about social media, you can't deny the giant that is Facebook.

I'm a bit of a lurker on Reddit.

I can't stand Snapchat, but that will be extinct before it is relevant.

When we started Airbnb, I had no idea about the people we would meet or the friendships I would make.

Online is such an important platform... it's all one giant melting pot of talents. The times are changing. It's just art now. You can share your audiences with everyone, and it's exciting.

The very first plan I wrote for MySpace was that it would be a portal, but a portal wrapped around your user profile.

The Internet doesn't just enable cool avatars and the shorter form. It also allows the deeper form: cross-linked blog posts, extensive research, simultaneous screens and raw debate footage that anyone can scan online, at any time.

I've always believed that you need to find interactive applications on the Internet.

Calling 'Instagram' a photo-sharing app is like calling a newspaper a letter-sharing book, or a Mozart grand era symphony a series of notes. 'Instagram' is less about the medium and more about the network.

I enjoy social media so much, and I love, love, love Twitter.

I had looked at dating sites and niche communities like BlackPlanet, AsianAvenue, and MiGente, as well as Friendster, and I thought, 'They're thinking way too small.'

The idea was that if it was a cool thing to do online, you should be able to do it on MySpace.

The Internet has created so many niche audiences that when millions or even thousands of people can be on the same page it's a truly special thing.

Facebook has gone from a nice-and-boring social network to becoming an identity layer of the web. It is where nearly a billion people are depositing the artifacts of civilization in the 21st century - photos, videos, and birthday wishes.

We started Roblox over a decade ago with a vision to bring people from all over the world together through play.

MySpace was so punk.