Friendster's investors were, more likely than not, unwilling and unable to invest in Facebook because they were conflicted, as Friendster's founder would have objected to investment in a competing company.
Unresolvable The public record could not settle it.
Factual: Statements about the present or the past, checked against the record: did they hold up?
Reasoning
The claim is a 'more likely than not' judgment about what Friendster's investors were willing and able to do, which the evidence cannot establish.
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Marc Andreessen, “Friendster's investors were, more likely than not, unwilling and unable to invest in Facebook because they were conflicted, as Friendster's founder would have objected to investment in a competing company.” (said 1 January 2018). Verdict: unresolvable. Reliability API, claim c_e22f6956a7f0, method 0.1.0+c876030c, dataset release v1.1.2. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_e22f6956a7f0
This claim is in dataset release v1.1.2, with the same verdict.
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