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> since June 2019 I have been at Facebook, working on battling the spread of misinformation. I applaud his principled stance. But he is probably the last perso

by FabHK 6y ago

> since June 2019 I have been at Facebook, working on battling the spread of misinformation. I applaud his principled stance. But he is probably the last person that should leave FaceBook now.

thephyber 6y ago
Users on social networks are fickle. They will tire of the existing FB platforms soon enough and his talent and integrity and will be more useful on the next FB replacement.
- mytherin 6y ago
  Then FB will buy the next FB replacement, and he will be back to square one. At this point I find it unlikely that FB will be dethroned unless government steps in. The lock-in is too widespread, and their cash reserves too large for anyone to threaten their position. FB is not going to fall like MySpace did. The internet has changed a lot since 2005.
  - thephyber 6y ago
    > Then FB will buy the next FB replacement, and he will be back to square one. That seems like a function of how much the owners of the new company value their integrity and how much of a price they extract from Zuck if they do sell. At some point, not selling to FB could be a currency (the new upstart could pull talent which would otherwise not want to work at FB). > FB is not going to fall like MySpace did "History doesn't repeat itself, but it rhymes." I suspect we will have to check back in on the health of Facebook after another 6 months of the COVID-economy ravages the advertising market. I think FB will be able to see the need to pivot; whether they are able to is not yet known. > I find it unlikely that FB will be dethroned unless government steps in. I think more likely users will just leave/atrophy on it like Gen Z largely did or possibly just suffer a slow death if global advertising doesn't recover to previous levels.
    - hejja 6y ago
      they will acquire, or deploy capital to make a better clone. example a: instagram stories after snapchat declined an offer. the only competition its had in the last 10 years is chinese state funded tik tok
      - thephyber 6y ago
        There will always be excuses. We can play game theory predictions or you can look at history. Most companies die or significantly evolve over the long term, even the ones that were monopolies. Would you rather own Blockbuster Video store/chain in the year 2000 or 2020? Same with retail music stores that sell CDs. Social media moves at 10x that speed, 100x the speed for those young kids who aren't afraid/wary to install new apps.
yumjam20 6y ago
Facebook can find other engineers easily within a day or two to replace him. People should understand, company does not run by one person and more when you're at the bottom of the pyramid. I think he made a stupid decision cuz he's not thinking practically rather emotionally. I also think that people who are that emotional should not be working to battle the spread of misinformation.

by FabHK 6y ago

> since June 2019 I have been at Facebook, working on battling the spread of misinformation. I applaud his principled stance. But he is probably the last person that should leave FaceBook now.

thephyber 6y ago

Users on social networks are fickle. They will tire of the existing FB platforms soon enough and his talent and integrity and will be more useful on the next FB replacement.

mytherin 6y ago
Then FB will buy the next FB replacement, and he will be back to square one. At this point I find it unlikely that FB will be dethroned unless government steps in. The lock-in is too widespread, and their cash reserves too large for anyone to threaten their position. FB is not going to fall like MySpace did. The internet has changed a lot since 2005.
- thephyber 6y ago
  > Then FB will buy the next FB replacement, and he will be back to square one. That seems like a function of how much the owners of the new company value their integrity and how much of a price they extract from Zuck if they do sell. At some point, not selling to FB could be a currency (the new upstart could pull talent which would otherwise not want to work at FB). > FB is not going to fall like MySpace did "History doesn't repeat itself, but it rhymes." I suspect we will have to check back in on the health of Facebook after another 6 months of the COVID-economy ravages the advertising market. I think FB will be able to see the need to pivot; whether they are able to is not yet known. > I find it unlikely that FB will be dethroned unless government steps in. I think more likely users will just leave/atrophy on it like Gen Z largely did or possibly just suffer a slow death if global advertising doesn't recover to previous levels.
  - hejja 6y ago
    they will acquire, or deploy capital to make a better clone. example a: instagram stories after snapchat declined an offer. the only competition its had in the last 10 years is chinese state funded tik tok
    - thephyber 6y ago
      There will always be excuses. We can play game theory predictions or you can look at history. Most companies die or significantly evolve over the long term, even the ones that were monopolies. Would you rather own Blockbuster Video store/chain in the year 2000 or 2020? Same with retail music stores that sell CDs. Social media moves at 10x that speed, 100x the speed for those young kids who aren't afraid/wary to install new apps.

yumjam20 6y ago

Facebook can find other engineers easily within a day or two to replace him. People should understand, company does not run by one person and more when you're at the bottom of the pyramid. I think he made a stupid decision cuz he's not thinking practically rather emotionally. I also think that people who are that emotional should not be working to battle the spread of misinformation.