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When you think about it, why should it be. It’s just a website with a lot of users.

by Temporary_31337 4y ago

adammarples 4y ago
It serves billions of adverts
- MiguelX413 4y ago
  Not a reason why it SHOULD be a highly-valued company
- everforward 4y ago
  They also have the ability to manipulate public sentiment. It's not a limitless ability, but that faculty alone is probably worth a decent amount to the right buyers.
yucky 4y ago
I don't use Facebook, but this is a silly take. They're doing around $120 Billion revenue for 2022. That being said, I'm glad to see them sinking and hope they take the rest of social media down with them, for the sake of humanity.
- armitron 4y ago
  I agree, I don't see FB surviving past 5 years. On the other hand, you gotta give props to Zuck for throwing serious money at cutting edge VR research, shareholders be damned. FB will sink but VR will move forward. One can only hope that Google (no innovation whatsoever, creepy) and Amazon (despicable dehumanizing machine) are next in line.
  - endisneigh 4y ago
    Which companies are innovative to you?
    - armitron 4y ago
      Apple is certainly at the top. Hell, even Meta/Amazon/Microsoft are more innovative than Google.
      - endisneigh 4y ago
        In what way?
        armitron 4y ago
        In every way that matters to the world: Besides Meta, their core business is not ad-peddling. I spent close to a decade at Google, the dysfunction that was already present back then (~10 years ago) is now magnified to excess, end result being a corporation employing some of the smartest people in the world being effectively paralyzed and incapable of large-scale world-altering innovation even in the domain that they still have an iron grip on. Google search is so ripe for disruption that I can't wait to see it dismantled by the first serious contender.
        endisneigh 4y ago
        Vague. Oh well.
        diag 4y ago
        They spend more time iterating on existing products rather than replacing them, not perfectly, but Google will throw away something good for seemingly no reason.
        endisneigh 4y ago
        That’s not really related to being innovative. There are companies that have been refining zipper manufacturing longer than Apple has existed, but I’m sure you’d consider apple more innovative than them.
        dont__panic 4y ago

When you think about it, why should it be. It’s just a website with a lot of users.

adammarples 4y ago

It serves billions of adverts

MiguelX413 4y ago
Not a reason why it SHOULD be a highly-valued company
everforward 4y ago
They also have the ability to manipulate public sentiment. It's not a limitless ability, but that faculty alone is probably worth a decent amount to the right buyers.

yucky 4y ago

I don't use Facebook, but this is a silly take. They're doing around $120 Billion revenue for 2022. That being said, I'm glad to see them sinking and hope they take the rest of social media down with them, for the sake of humanity.

armitron 4y ago
I agree, I don't see FB surviving past 5 years. On the other hand, you gotta give props to Zuck for throwing serious money at cutting edge VR research, shareholders be damned. FB will sink but VR will move forward. One can only hope that Google (no innovation whatsoever, creepy) and Amazon (despicable dehumanizing machine) are next in line.
- endisneigh 4y ago
  Which companies are innovative to you?
  - armitron 4y ago
    Apple is certainly at the top. Hell, even Meta/Amazon/Microsoft are more innovative than Google.
    - endisneigh 4y ago
      In what way?
      - armitron 4y ago
        In every way that matters to the world: Besides Meta, their core business is not ad-peddling. I spent close to a decade at Google, the dysfunction that was already present back then (~10 years ago) is now magnified to excess, end result being a corporation employing some of the smartest people in the world being effectively paralyzed and incapable of large-scale world-altering innovation even in the domain that they still have an iron grip on. Google search is so ripe for disruption that I can't wait to see it dismantled by the first serious contender.
        endisneigh 4y ago
        Vague. Oh well.
      - diag 4y ago
        They spend more time iterating on existing products rather than replacing them, not perfectly, but Google will throw away something good for seemingly no reason.
        endisneigh 4y ago
        That’s not really related to being innovative. There are companies that have been refining zipper manufacturing longer than Apple has existed, but I’m sure you’d consider apple more innovative than them.
      - dont__panic 4y ago