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Time to circle the wagons and protect the core business. Collecting information and selling ads is their bread and butter. Giving third parties access to that
by dasil003 9y ago
Time to circle the wagons and protect the core business. Collecting information and selling ads is their bread and butter. Giving third parties access to that data in order to build things gave them great marginal gains on their way to the top (sort of like Twitter), but in the current political climate the risks far outweigh whatever incremental gains they could realize going forward.
Don't expect the API back any time soon.
- 2close4comfort 9y agoI bet Palantir still has access...
- chinathrow 9y agoWhy do they have access?
- badloginagain 9y agoBecause they'll pay for it
- chinathrow 9y agoNow I'm interested. I didn't know that you can pay for access to FB data - any pointers?
- kridsdale1 9y agoIt’s bullshit.
- amluto 9y agoI don’t think Palantir is in the direct data gathering business at all.
- Anderkent 9y agoThis is a fundamental misunderstanding of what Palantir does. It builds tools for data analysis, it doesn't gather data themselves. Anyone who has done the most basic research on the company (like watching the youtube demos) would know that. Palantir clients maybe could still have access, if they pay for it; I probably can't convince you that we don't build tools that interact with Facebook. Disclaimer: I work at Palantir.
- dang 9y agoPlease don't post unsubstantive comments here, especially on divisive topics. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- reaperducer 9y ago>Giving third parties access to that data in order to build things gave them great marginal gains on their way to the top Without Pieces of Flair and Farmville, Facebook would be MySpace.
- JetSpiegel 9y agoThat was when Facebook was growing. They are the incumbent now, time to kick the ladder.
- reaperducer 9y ago> That was when Facebook was growing Yes. Since I was replying to a comment which included the phrase "on their way to the top."