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>This seems like a dumb move, why would MS want to get tied up in the horrors of social media when they have such a profitable empire. They bought LinkedIn, wh
by noarchy 6y ago
>This seems like a dumb move, why would MS want to get tied up in the horrors of social media when they have such a profitable empire.
They bought LinkedIn, which increasingly resembles a niche social media for professionals, all the way down to a news feed that is increasingly filled with motivational junk
Then there's Github, which used to advertise itself as "social coding".
Microsoft has done plenty already to get their foot in the door of social media.
- basch 6y agowould Minecraft almost fit into that as well? At least from the sense of buying an existing community.
- noarchy 6y agoMaybe, though to be fair Microsoft is far from being a newcomer to the gaming scene. Even before the Xbox, they were putting their name on games.
- marinman 6y agoIf you squint, you can see the Minecraft fit: along with the Xbox side, it's quasi "coding" or "developing" for kids. Basically, you hook the kids who are interested in developing super, duper early.