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> I don’t get the negativity around this announcement. Makes perfect sense. The negativity is largely out of fear that the existing communities etc. around In
by eganist 7y ago
> I don’t get the negativity around this announcement. Makes perfect sense.
The negativity is largely out of fear that the existing communities etc. around Instagram and WhatsApp might take a hit when people who might not have been conscious of Facebook's ownership of either of them might now be more aware of it -- and thus see Facebook's influence on both. Public perception right now is more in agreement with the belief that Facebook largely left Instagram and WhatsApp alone, and with the founders of both having left Facebook in the last year or two, Facebook's now free to exert more influence around the direction both of these properties take.
- EForEndeavour 7y ago> people who might not have been conscious of Facebook's ownership of either of them might now be more aware of it -- and thus see Facebook's influence on both This sounds like a great outcome to me. Who wouldn't want more transparency in what products are owned by which companies? I would expect this to drive users away from Instagram and WhatsApp.
- eganist 7y ago> Who wouldn't want more transparency in what products are owned by which companies? The people who "fear that the existing communities etc. around Instagram and WhatsApp might take a hit" > I would expect this to drive users away from Instagram and WhatsApp. Right, and this particular population probably doesn't care about transparency in this specific regard all that much. It may sound like a great outcome to you. It does sound like a great outcome to me. But there are many, many millions of people who don't share our perspective who feel like they'd be losing a community rather than gaining freedom by leaving.