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Split up what, a declining social network for boomers? You all love to point the finger at Facebook in this 90s evil Microsoft fashion. Well TikTok is erecting

Split up what, a declining social network for boomers? You all love to point the finger at Facebook in this 90s evil Microsoft fashion. Well TikTok is erecting behind your back and they're no stranger to data selling and Chinesr govt affiliation.

webmobdev 4y ago
Credit where credit is due, Meta / FB identified early on that people are moving on to mobile and acquired WhatsApp and Instagram at the right time (WhatsApp and Instagram are extremely popular with the young).
- sofixa 4y ago
  > WhatsApp and Instagram are extremely popular with the young were. Then came Snapchat and later TikTok. Instagram is declining in users, meanwhile WhatsApp is a cross-generational norm in some countries for whatever reason (it has atrocious UX).
  - pipeline_peak 4y ago
    People don't use TikTok to communicate with each other, Snapchat seems pretty stagnant.
simiones 4y ago
At the very least, FB, WhatsApp and Instagram should be separate companies. And WA is the world's most popular chat app by far, so this is not some unimportant bit player.
- pipeline_peak 4y ago
  >this is not some unimportant bit player Sure, but what about Google and Amazon, you don't think they're bigger threats that UK's limited resources should be focused on first?
  - coldpie 4y ago
    Sure, break them up, too. That would be great. The article under discussion is about Facebook.
    - pipeline_peak 4y ago
      And my response to the article is that there are way bigger fish to fry than splitting up a dying social media conglomerate. Google and Amazon are far more powerful and dominant than Meta and you know it. Sent from my Android phone through Chrome. BRB, I just got a package and I need to check my AWS config.
      - coldpie 4y ago
        You sound kinda crazy, friend. It is possible for several things to matter at the same time. This article is about Facebook, so we're discussing Facebook.
        pipeline_peak 4y ago
        pipeline_peak 4y ago
        It's possible for several things to happen, but there's a limited amount of resources that can be applied at a time. I don't think Facebook is the bigger picture. >This article is about Facebook, so we're discussing Facebook My subject, which was formed in my thread, is a response to the original post. >You sound kinda crazy, friend Now you're just being emotionally immature.
      - Apocryphon 4y ago
        The dying social media conglomerate can be warmup before going after more powerful companies. Like a vaccine to stimulate the antitrust immune system, if you will.
        4y ago
parkingrift 4y ago
Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Oculus. Force them to divest these companies, and then these companies can compete with each other in the open market. >Split up what, a declining social network for boomers? Yes, definitely yes. Competition is good, yes?

webmobdev 4y ago

Credit where credit is due, Meta / FB identified early on that people are moving on to mobile and acquired WhatsApp and Instagram at the right time (WhatsApp and Instagram are extremely popular with the young).

sofixa 4y ago
> WhatsApp and Instagram are extremely popular with the young were. Then came Snapchat and later TikTok. Instagram is declining in users, meanwhile WhatsApp is a cross-generational norm in some countries for whatever reason (it has atrocious UX).
- pipeline_peak 4y ago
  People don't use TikTok to communicate with each other, Snapchat seems pretty stagnant.

simiones 4y ago

At the very least, FB, WhatsApp and Instagram should be separate companies. And WA is the world's most popular chat app by far, so this is not some unimportant bit player.

pipeline_peak 4y ago
>this is not some unimportant bit player Sure, but what about Google and Amazon, you don't think they're bigger threats that UK's limited resources should be focused on first?
- coldpie 4y ago
  Sure, break them up, too. That would be great. The article under discussion is about Facebook.
  - pipeline_peak 4y ago
    And my response to the article is that there are way bigger fish to fry than splitting up a dying social media conglomerate. Google and Amazon are far more powerful and dominant than Meta and you know it. Sent from my Android phone through Chrome. BRB, I just got a package and I need to check my AWS config.
    - coldpie 4y ago
      You sound kinda crazy, friend. It is possible for several things to matter at the same time. This article is about Facebook, so we're discussing Facebook.
      - pipeline_peak 4y ago
      - pipeline_peak 4y ago
        It's possible for several things to happen, but there's a limited amount of resources that can be applied at a time. I don't think Facebook is the bigger picture. >This article is about Facebook, so we're discussing Facebook My subject, which was formed in my thread, is a response to the original post. >You sound kinda crazy, friend Now you're just being emotionally immature.
    - Apocryphon 4y ago
      The dying social media conglomerate can be warmup before going after more powerful companies. Like a vaccine to stimulate the antitrust immune system, if you will.
      - 4y ago

parkingrift 4y ago

Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Oculus. Force them to divest these companies, and then these companies can compete with each other in the open market. >Split up what, a declining social network for boomers? Yes, definitely yes. Competition is good, yes?