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Interesting thoughts. Social Networking is a "market whim" according to Cheriton.

> Cheriton says he avoids pursuing market whims—he considers social networking one of them—and stays focused on breakthroughs that make measurable improvements to human life

I wonder at what time does he think it would be out of fashion.

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I don't think he's implying social networking will go out of fashion, but that social networking companies themselves can be fashionable. For instance the progression of "cool" social networking sites seems to progress pretty rapidly e.g. myspace -> facebook -> twitter -> instagram -> snapchat.

To put it in Steve Blank terminology he likes to invest in companies that face invention rather than market risk.

We've been social networking probably before Google or any search engines were created. I'm talking about messaging, email, etc.

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