Mark Zuckerberg reportedly put Facebook on ‘lockdown’ the day Google+ launched
Jun03
When Google+ launched in 2011, many saw it as a potential anti-Facebook – an alternative for someone who’s ready to try something different. We all know how that story played out. But according to an excerpt from a new book from a former Facebook employee, the day Google+ launched, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg called an emergency meeting and declared the company on “lockdown” for the first and only time. From the excerpt, available via Vanity Fair, Antonio Garcia Martinez writes: How, might you ask, was Lockdown officially announced? We received an e-mail at 1:45 P.M. the day Google Plus launched,…
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