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Indeed it is. Joel had a great analyis on what went wrong[0] at FB (and to some extend Twitter). They were optimising for the wrong metrics, forgetting user uti
by shaqbert 9y ago
Indeed it is. Joel had a great analyis on what went wrong[0] at FB (and to some extend Twitter). They were optimising for the wrong metrics, forgetting user utility and happiness in the process. Fixing this will mean making less money. But also a much higher chance of long term relevance.
[0] https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2018/01/12/birdcage-liners/ https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2018/01/12/birdcage-liners/
- avip 9y agoThanks. Great read - and too bad that's not the OP.
- oblio 9y agoHah! Cool, he blogged again. The key question here is: does self-regulation work for social media? I'm not sure it does. Their end goal is to create a Skinner box. That's all there is to it. And that goal definitely conflicts with what we actually want/need.