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Facebook and Google want that 1 billion of possible users to comply with the thirst of the stock market that has been accustomed to user growth metrics as a sig
by lalos 8y ago
Facebook and Google want that 1 billion of possible users to comply with the thirst of the stock market that has been accustomed to user growth metrics as a signal for sustainable tech company. They have already expanded on where they can and you can smell the desperation. Specially with projects like Free Basics, Internet.org, Aquila, Loon and Skybender which are not charity, they just want more users with internet to adopt there platforms to keep with the growth metrics. It's going to be an interesting next 10 years for Google and Facebook.
- gt_ 8y agoRight. For whatever reason, I don’t think many people realize how this will work. These companies don’t have mechanisms through which to be rational about hardline growth ceilings. Or, we could say they have developed immunities to them. The contemporary corporation is an evolved social structure that specializes emotion and undermines perception. Google has plenty going for it: no shortage of funding, the shoe-in for hosting the first self-driving car deployments. but none of it matters because there’s nobody in charge of where to draw the line. The behaviors of these firms will increasingly baffle their spectators.