People are consuming a lot more information, and there are more creators putting out content, making this an expansionary moment for the web.

For most of human history, we only knew about 20 to 100 people, but with the advent of technology, our connections have expanded to thousands and now to the entire population of the planet.

The current landscape allows for content to go viral across multiple platforms, which is a new phenomenon in social media history.

The web is evolving profoundly, with the number of web pages increasing by 45% in the last two years, indicating a significant growth in content availability.

The future of social media will depend on platforms that incentivize creators by sharing revenue, attracting more users and content creators, while YouTube could evolve into a social media platform if it allows users to message each other and follow friends' content, similar to how Netflix could become more social if viewers could chat while watching movies together.

The future may see a proliferation of companies worth a billion dollars or more, driven by the ability of individuals to leverage technology and resources effectively.

In 2005, it became common to see people huddled around laptops watching the latest viral videos, marking a dawning era of the internet, with videos like a Saturday Night Live clip and a Nike ad reaching a million views, while we also realized that YouTube was consuming a significant portion of the internet's bandwidth, a technical achievement that many didn't fully understand at the time.

Even if a university had built a social network, Facebook's ability to allow users to share more content and connect in meaningful ways would have set it apart and driven its success.

The transition from bulletin boards to the public internet in the 1990s allowed for a much larger and more dynamic online community, fundamentally changing how people interacted and shared information.