Bob Goodson

Bob Goodson

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Bob Goodson is President and Founder of Quid, and the co-author of Like: The Button That Changed The World. He was the first employee at Yelp, where he played a role in the genesis of the “like” button.

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Will platforms continue to offer the like button as an all-purpose tool — or will each of the button’s various functions exist in new forms?