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Have there been any major Facebook flops? They seem to be very successful in acquiring (WhatsApp, Instagram) and diversifying (Facebook Messenger, Instagram Sto

• hibern8 6y ago
  Moments, Poke, Camera are a few. Local could be huge if they had the right strategy.
  • eganist 6y ago
    Facebook keeps putting this bizarre emphasis on stamping their brand on everything they come up with to keep their brandname relevant. Sounds more like Facebook should restructure as a holding company and keep creating independent concepts to see what succeeds, but keeping the Facebook name is likely an ego-driven decision.
    • hibern8 6y ago
      When they sponsored ‘The Last Dance’ on ESPN, they referred to themselves as The Facebook Company. I thought that was interesting.
• cosmodisk 6y ago
  Facebook are smart. They are well aware of the changes in the social network sphere and the fact that pretty much every single platform at some point starts loosing customer base because they move on to the new ones. So as long as Facebook keeps buying the ones whilst pulling billions in progress, they are fine.
• Firebrand 6y ago
  Maybe not a major flop, but Facebook’s original TikTok competitor, Lasso, was shut down. They tried to go after the Musical.ly half of TikTok’s user base that likes dancing to music. https://techcrunch.com/2020/07/01/lasso-facebook-tiktok-shut-down/ https://techcrunch.com/2020/07/01/lasso-facebook-tiktok-shut...