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Sidenote i wonder why FB doesnt launch a search engine since they crawl most of the web anyways

by buboard 7y ago

saagarjha 7y ago
That would let people leave the Facebook platform and explore the open web.
- kortex 7y ago
  I remember the sheer awe when I first learned there was a huge open web outside of AOL. I'm sure people nowadays are aware of the rest of the web, but if the draw is minimal, they will likely get stuck in the same loops of well-trodden space.
  - sodosopa 7y ago
    A lot of the same people who kept that AOL walled garden alive, just migrated to Facebook. To them Facebook is the web, the restaurants they like are there, the tired celebs they worship are there and whatever crazed conspiracy theories someone told them at work or at church are under Facebook News. It's comfortable and I agree with you and like how you phrased it as "the same loops of well-trodden space."
    - symlinkk 7y ago
      Sort of like how all of us check Hacker News daily? Don’t act like we’re any better
      - saagarjha 7y ago
        I go to websites other than Hacker News.
        skinnymuch 7y ago
        Yeah those FB people don’t go to other sites! /sarcasm
    - progval 7y ago
      People follow celebrities on Facebook? Don't they use Twitter for that?
- buboard 7y ago
  I dont think they re worried much about that anymore , people always return, they ve established their position. OTOH, it would be nice for google to have some serious competition on the web, esp. considering that FB has a great NLP AI team.
- progval 7y ago
  They could create their own AMP-like tech to keep people on their website/application EDIT: Actually they already did, it's called Facebook Instant Articles.
- tantalor 7y ago
  Facebook is America Online.
nuclear_eclipse 7y ago
They did that, and it wasn't successful.
bagacrap 7y ago
There is a search bar in Facebook. That searches Facebook, which Facebook would tell you is all the web you need.
catalogia 7y ago
> "According to legend, upon hearing of Colt's entrance into the lever-action rifle market, Winchester began to develop a prototype revolver to compete with Colt's market. A "gentleman's agreement" then followed between Colt and Winchester, with Colt agreeing to drop production of the Burgess and Winchester abandoning its plans to develop a revolver. The truth of this story has never been fully verified, and as such, the reason for the Burgess rifle's short production history is unknown.[1][4][5]" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colt-Burgess_rifle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colt-Burgess_rifle

Sidenote i wonder why FB doesnt launch a search engine since they crawl most of the web anyways

saagarjha 7y ago

That would let people leave the Facebook platform and explore the open web.

kortex 7y ago
I remember the sheer awe when I first learned there was a huge open web outside of AOL. I'm sure people nowadays are aware of the rest of the web, but if the draw is minimal, they will likely get stuck in the same loops of well-trodden space.
- sodosopa 7y ago
  A lot of the same people who kept that AOL walled garden alive, just migrated to Facebook. To them Facebook is the web, the restaurants they like are there, the tired celebs they worship are there and whatever crazed conspiracy theories someone told them at work or at church are under Facebook News. It's comfortable and I agree with you and like how you phrased it as "the same loops of well-trodden space."
  - symlinkk 7y ago
    Sort of like how all of us check Hacker News daily? Don’t act like we’re any better
    - saagarjha 7y ago
      I go to websites other than Hacker News.
      - skinnymuch 7y ago
        Yeah those FB people don’t go to other sites! /sarcasm
  - progval 7y ago
    People follow celebrities on Facebook? Don't they use Twitter for that?
buboard 7y ago
I dont think they re worried much about that anymore , people always return, they ve established their position. OTOH, it would be nice for google to have some serious competition on the web, esp. considering that FB has a great NLP AI team.
progval 7y ago
They could create their own AMP-like tech to keep people on their website/application EDIT: Actually they already did, it's called Facebook Instant Articles.
tantalor 7y ago
Facebook is America Online.

nuclear_eclipse 7y ago

They did that, and it wasn't successful.

bagacrap 7y ago

There is a search bar in Facebook. That searches Facebook, which Facebook would tell you is all the web you need.

catalogia 7y ago

> "According to legend, upon hearing of Colt's entrance into the lever-action rifle market, Winchester began to develop a prototype revolver to compete with Colt's market. A "gentleman's agreement" then followed between Colt and Winchester, with Colt agreeing to drop production of the Burgess and Winchester abandoning its plans to develop a revolver. The truth of this story has never been fully verified, and as such, the reason for the Burgess rifle's short production history is unknown.[1][4][5]" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colt-Burgess_rifle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colt-Burgess_rifle