Did Abraham Lincoln Invent Facebook?

by SodaHead News Posted 2012/05/08 20:00:00

Related Topics: Abraham Lincoln, Social Network, Facebook, gazette, nate, 1845, Patent, Family, Sean Parker, Zuckerberg, Network

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If only Sean Parker had been around in the 1840s... We know what you're thinking, but hold off on the eye rolls for just a second. Blogger Nate St. Pierre dug up an 1845 patent by a 36-year-old Abraham Lincoln outlining what would have been roughly the equivalent of a social network. Fortunately for Mr. Zuckerberg, the U.S. Patent Office denied his idea, but the evidence is apparently there in black and off-white. Unfortunately, Nate wasn't permitted to take a picture, so we'll have to take his word for it.

According to Nate, the patent request suggested establishing a "centrally located Gazette" for every town that gave "every Man" his own page that could be could be updated "at any time deemed Fit or Necessary." His page would detail family, employment, and any "various endeavors" he wanted to share with the community. Not only that, but he could decide who was allowed to view his page by informing an overseer -- a kind of primative privacy measure. Sounds like a certain book of faces we know... What do you think? Did Abraham Lincoln invent Facebook?

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Brother Bo 2012/05/08 23:17:34

Yes

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Sounds like he did, but according to some previews I've seen, he was also an accomplished vampire hunter...

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Brother Bo to cc 2012/05/09 18:01:37

I'm not sure, but I think I'm going to have to watch it...

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rogerka... to Brother Bo 2012/05/09 20:52:25 (edited)

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Okay...so he's an accomplished vampire hunter and ca do all that cool junk with a woodcutter's axe, but someone shoots him once in the head and he dies? Hmmmmm....

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smitty to rogerka... 2012/05/10 14:22:38

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Maybe it was a silver or platinum bullet? Or made of fallen space rocks.

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rogerka... to smitty 2012/05/19 15:02:13

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kryptonite!

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smitty to rogerka... 2012/05/21 13:12:11

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Watch out Honest Abe may come back!

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BlondeA... to Brother Bo 2012/05/17 01:48:00

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but hes no buffy: (

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Gangstersteve1993 2012/05/08 23:13:00

No

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That's sounds too silly

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Christopher Kirchen 2012/05/08 23:02:20

No

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It may have been the "equivalent" of a social network, but it wasn't actually one.

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nofrills 2012/05/08 23:02:05

No

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The power of the Divine..God wants us to network,communicate with each other and the most effective way to do is via email.at a split second..Plus all the wrong we do behind close doors can now be revealed and addressed with each other..Divine intervention is to save us from dimise and HELP SAVE THE ANIMAL From unspeakable abuse..Just look how ppl are connecting and networking with each other..

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White Fang to nofrills 2012/05/09 02:00:55

Look at what happened at the tower of Babel...God does want us to talk to each other, but to what extent? Everyone doesn't need to know everything about everything, or say something about everything. "For you will be treated as you treat others. The standard you use in judging is the standard by which you will be judged." Matthew 7:2(NLT) Yes, we should communicate, but we shouldn't use our technology to judge others. That's God's job, not ours.

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nofrills to White Fang 2012/05/09 02:46:08

coz we are in our 'infant stage in using this magni.piece of commun'! think of the next decades or centuries ?..we will be able to use it for positive ways..Like stoping rogue govts from control.the ppl.,able to exchange advancement.in medical breakthrough,heal our selfves than going to incompetent and money grabbing physicans,educate ourselves proficienlty without going to universities, the list is endless and infinite..WE ONLY STARTED TO uSE IT - this small percentage but all the positive usages are still there as potential gains to take us acroos mountains,oceans,continents into the great 'feats'So have faith chum of this 'wondrous invention' which will..bridge all ppl,races,creeds and nations and solving mankind trajedies and problems..Only something so great can be bought about by someone so Great and All powerful...go figure!

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caius m... to nofrills 2012/05/09 02:52:53

Do you ever say anything like you aren't completely drunk? You're writing your opinion on a poll site, not writing a poem.

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caius m... to White Fang 2012/05/09 02:49:27

Your on an internet poll site. Facepalm, ding-dong.

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Billyk75 2012/05/08 22:40:29

No

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I suppose Al Gore invented the internet.

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nofrills to Billyk75 2012/05/08 23:03:30

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noway...al is overrated..he was a bad prez candidate and he is deceiver

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Billyk75 to nofrills 2012/05/09 14:49:09

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Agreed!

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Bob DiN to Billyk75 2012/05/09 19:49:36

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Ha Ha Crazy Al.

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emma 2012/05/08 22:33:20

No

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I don't really know if he did but probly not since there was no internet then

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FatherLiberty 2012/05/08 22:15:49

No

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No, and neither did Zuckerberg.

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nofrills to FatherL... 2012/05/08 23:03:50

nostramus

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'Zedd to nofrills 2012/05/09 00:32:24
Tinka123 2012/05/08 22:14:47

No

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Quite close though.

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Hannah 2012/05/08 22:13:33

No

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Not exacty I mean the decscription makes me the tiniest bit think that but right now I'm thinking get a life

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Bart 2012/05/08 22:00:23

Yes

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awesome

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Aspect of B 2012/05/08 21:52:11

Yes

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Meant to press no! D:<

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Gloria 2012/05/08 21:49:36

Yes

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Instead of a civil war we could have had a social war.

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BIG BAD... to Gloria 2012/05/09 15:32:23

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I think we had that the social war to. The Civil War was started over economic reason and the THE SOUTH leaving the Union. Later it became about Slavery,when Lincoln freed the slaves. But he only freed them in the northern states because the South had already succeeded from the North. The South had already elected a President, Jefferson Davis.

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Bob DiN to Gloria 2012/05/09 19:50:18

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Good one.

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MayaAngelou0524 2012/05/08 21:42:29

No

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But this is an interesting concept! :)

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Balladeer-PWCM-POTL 2012/05/08 21:38:54

No

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oh brother let me guess folks on SH think Lincoln, Vampire Hunter is a documentary

here's some more nonsense

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Aspect ... to Ballade... 2012/05/08 21:54:10

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What? He DID hunt zombies. >_>

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Omni to Ballade... 2012/05/08 21:56:13 (edited)

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WHAAAA!? YOU MEAN IT'S NOT A DOCUMENTARY!?

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S123 to Omni 2012/05/09 05:13:12

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That must be why I failed my report!

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smitty to Ballade... 2012/05/10 14:23:18

He also knows Kevin Bacon.

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hagerthehorrible 2012/05/08 21:37:45

Yes

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Okay, That's awesome.

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Steve 2012/05/08 21:33:09

Yes

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as a matter of fact, he did. look!

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Corsair to Steve 2012/05/09 04:11:48

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Lol that came from, "A History of the World According to Facebook." Or something like that. I flipped through a few pages of that book. Looked interesting.

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the judgebigdogeagle 2012/05/08 21:29:26

No

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This one of those things that make ya go Hummmm.

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stl.shamrock 2012/05/08 21:26:33

Yes

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Considering the origins for Wiki goes back to 1859, it wouldn't surprise me.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/0...

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Mog of War 2012/05/08 21:22:58

No

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That is clearly more akin to Myspace. :p

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