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Sunday, February 5th, 2012

Quotation
Where’s my cut? I helped build this thing, too. Facebook laid the foundation of the house and put in the plumbing, but we put up the walls, picked out the furniture, painted and hung photos, and invited everyone over for dinner parties.
— The New York Times’ Nick Bilton suggests users should be able to cash in on Facebook’s initial public offering.