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> I really can’t understand why there’s so much time and resources being put into re-inventing virtual meetings. Because Meta needs to find new revenue streams

> I really can’t understand why there’s so much time and resources being put into re-inventing virtual meetings. Because Meta needs to find new revenue streams.

jjtheblunt 4y ago
Why?
- fnordpiglet 4y ago
  Axioms don’t need a why
  - jjtheblunt 4y ago
    :)
ulfw 4y ago
Why not find one that's closer to their core competence?
- dmitrygr 4y ago
  What are those?
  - crooked-v 4y ago
    Virtual meetings, but with people shouting at each other about whatever in the news has made them angry lately.
  - loeg 4y ago
    Putting ads on surfaces that people look at
  - guestbest 4y ago
    Honestly, Facebook is a good CRM with unlimited storage at no cost. There is no privacy on private forums with regards to the web administer so Facebook continues that tradition of a host knowing what their users are uploading and privately messaging.
    - xeromal 4y ago
      Yup, they could also probably take over the craigslist/autotrader market if they tried.
      - guestbest 4y ago
        I assume that is what Marketplace is but like all of their products they have a spam problem
        xeromal 4y ago
        Oh yeah, spam is such a pain on the platform. What I meant was that they could push it to a first-class product and probably even charge a few bucks to reduce spam on big items like cars.
        guestbest 4y ago
        Except Facebook hates their customers more than any other large corporation
      - pgwhalen 4y ago
        Didn’t they already take over the Craigslist market? I don’t buy used things online ever, but all my peers who do refer exclusively to Marketplace and not Craigslist.
    - justatdotin 4y ago
      wat? no. there is zero guarantee that what you store there today will be available tomorrow.
  - seanhunter 4y ago
    Mining people's user-generated content for their areas of interest and on the one hand serving them content that will keep them coming back while on the other hand selling that "engagement" to advertisers. Pretty obvious in the light of the above why they want to be the metaverse platform of choice.

> I really can’t understand why there’s so much time and resources being put into re-inventing virtual meetings. Because Meta needs to find new revenue streams.

jjtheblunt 4y ago

Why?

fnordpiglet 4y ago
Axioms don’t need a why
- jjtheblunt 4y ago
  :)

ulfw 4y ago

Why not find one that's closer to their core competence?

dmitrygr 4y ago
What are those?
- crooked-v 4y ago
  Virtual meetings, but with people shouting at each other about whatever in the news has made them angry lately.
- loeg 4y ago
  Putting ads on surfaces that people look at
- guestbest 4y ago
  Honestly, Facebook is a good CRM with unlimited storage at no cost. There is no privacy on private forums with regards to the web administer so Facebook continues that tradition of a host knowing what their users are uploading and privately messaging.
  - xeromal 4y ago
    Yup, they could also probably take over the craigslist/autotrader market if they tried.
    - guestbest 4y ago
      I assume that is what Marketplace is but like all of their products they have a spam problem
      - xeromal 4y ago
        Oh yeah, spam is such a pain on the platform. What I meant was that they could push it to a first-class product and probably even charge a few bucks to reduce spam on big items like cars.
        guestbest 4y ago
        Except Facebook hates their customers more than any other large corporation
    - pgwhalen 4y ago
      Didn’t they already take over the Craigslist market? I don’t buy used things online ever, but all my peers who do refer exclusively to Marketplace and not Craigslist.
  - justatdotin 4y ago
    wat? no. there is zero guarantee that what you store there today will be available tomorrow.
- seanhunter 4y ago
  Mining people's user-generated content for their areas of interest and on the one hand serving them content that will keep them coming back while on the other hand selling that "engagement" to advertisers. Pretty obvious in the light of the above why they want to be the metaverse platform of choice.