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I actually don't think that's true at all. Facebook has been caught sleeping again and again with the latest social trends. This new trend of private, group com
by untog 7y ago
I actually don't think that's true at all. Facebook has been caught sleeping again and again with the latest social trends. This new trend of private, group communication seems to be something that's completely caught them off guard and now they're trying to catch up.
- dcolkitt 7y agoThat's a fair point. But Facebook has managed to grow its ARPU to insanely high levels that far outstrip pretty much every other social media outlet. There has to be some sort of magic there. Maybe someone with more experience in the space can offer more insight here. But it just astounds me that Facebook has managed to generate at least an order of magnitude higher ARPU than Twitter, Snap, Reddit, etc. They're making as much per user as Netflix does from actual paying subscribers.
- kristianc 7y ago> This new trend of private, group communication seems to be something that's completely caught them off guard and now they're trying to catch up. I'd bet that there's more of that happening on WhatsApp than any other app in the world, possibly by an order of magnitude.
- untog 7y agoAbsolutely. And acquiring WhatsApp is another example of them being on the back foot and having to catch up.
- paulddraper 7y agoAt a certain size, companies innovate through thoughtful acquisitions. You can't separate the company WhatsApp from the company Facebook because they are the same company FB.
- ASalazarMX 7y ago"What do you mean we can't read or data-mine their conversations? That's impossible."