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Facebook Work was marketed as the best thing since sliced bread but I yet to see it making any waves for example.

by a_imho 10y ago

WikipediasBad 10y ago
Actually you're right. I can see this being one of facebook's bigger high profile flops. After talking to the "Facebook at Work" team at F8 (very very nice people), I thought that they might be in for a rougher time getting their corporate product to compete. According to what I understood, the project is a satellite product being developed in the UK offsite from facebook's HQ in Menlo (and as a result absent from the real leadership's radar). It seems like it will be difficult for them to really penetrate into the non-consumer space without direct line of leadership from upper management like Zuckerberg. This product seems more of an experimental "throw at the wall" and see if it could potentially stick. I am going to agree with you here and say likely no.
lucasmullens 10y ago
What company only has successes? Seems pointless to try to extrapolate from a single failure.
- sAbakumoff 10y ago
  Wasn't Facebook paper the failure?
- parthdesai 10y ago
  Facebook has tried a lot to copy snapchat, even released atleast couple of apps that i'm aware of but failed. Eventually they started to copy features of snapchat in Instagram, Whatsapp, messenger and facebook app. Heck now you can send snaps in Instagram. Not stories, snaps. that is fucked
JBReefer 10y ago
A few large companies are moving to it, but don't forget how long the corporate sales cycle is for this type of thing. We'll only know if it's a flop in 3-4 years.
- wcfields 10y ago
  It's currently free for early sign-ups (like my company), and then they've moved the payment timeline to now October > Billing will start on October 1, 2017, with the first bill issued on November 1, 2017. We probably won't continue even at $2/user/mo, only about ~10 people use it and mostly just to post industry stories and/or press writings about our company. For it to be viable (for us), they need to add in meetings a-la Google Hangouts, clone Slack, encourage employees to "Go Live" at events we do.

Facebook Work was marketed as the best thing since sliced bread but I yet to see it making any waves for example.

by a_imho 10y ago

Facebook Work was marketed as the best thing since sliced bread but I yet to see it making any waves for example.

Actually you're right. I can see this being one of facebook's bigger high profile flops. After talking to the "Facebook at Work" team at F8 (very very nice people), I thought that they might be in for a rougher time getting their corporate product to compete. According to what I understood, the project is a satellite product being developed in the UK offsite from facebook's HQ in Menlo (and as a result absent from the real leadership's radar). It seems like it will be difficult for them to really penetrate into the non-consumer space without direct line of leadership from upper management like Zuckerberg. This product seems more of an experimental "throw at the wall" and see if it could potentially stick. I am going to agree with you here and say likely no.

lucasmullens 10y ago

What company only has successes? Seems pointless to try to extrapolate from a single failure.

sAbakumoff 10y ago
Wasn't Facebook paper the failure?
parthdesai 10y ago
Facebook has tried a lot to copy snapchat, even released atleast couple of apps that i'm aware of but failed. Eventually they started to copy features of snapchat in Instagram, Whatsapp, messenger and facebook app. Heck now you can send snaps in Instagram. Not stories, snaps. that is fucked

JBReefer 10y ago

A few large companies are moving to it, but don't forget how long the corporate sales cycle is for this type of thing. We'll only know if it's a flop in 3-4 years.

wcfields 10y ago
It's currently free for early sign-ups (like my company), and then they've moved the payment timeline to now October > Billing will start on October 1, 2017, with the first bill issued on November 1, 2017. We probably won't continue even at $2/user/mo, only about ~10 people use it and mostly just to post industry stories and/or press writings about our company. For it to be viable (for us), they need to add in meetings a-la Google Hangouts, clone Slack, encourage employees to "Go Live" at events we do.