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> With FB the user is the product being sold. This is not strictly true. FB makes Workplace, which is a sort of Facebook for internal and cross-company collab
by jauer 9y ago
> With FB the user is the product being sold.
This is not strictly true.
FB makes Workplace, which is a sort of Facebook for internal and cross-company collaboration (competing with Slack): https://www.forbes.com/sites/kathleenchaykowski/2017/10/26/facebook-workplace-spreads-to-30000-businesses-nonprofits/#719de5c01ec2 https://www.forbes.com/sites/kathleenchaykowski/2017/10/26/f...
- bogomipz 9y agoYou can be pedantic all you want but FB Workplace is many of the regular FB platform features repurposed without the advertising. Workplace is not their core product nor is it where the majority of their revenues or engineering efforts are concentrated.
- bobdole1234 9y agoSince they're using it internally to make facebook work, I'd say it's a core product and a lot of engineering efforts are being expended to make the company run better. It just also happens to be something you can sell to others too.
- JonDav 9y agoSince you consider it a core product, what do you estimate the portion of Facebook's revenue comes from this core product in relation to the billions they receive elsewhere.
- bobdole1234 9y agoI don't know, how much do you estimate any given road contributes to the GDP of the US? It's infrastructure that enables the rest.