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And TikTok has a BeReal copy :) Everyone’s just trying to survive. In one corporate biography type book the author asserted Zuckerberg would institute “lockdow
by texasbigdata 4y ago
And TikTok has a BeReal copy :)
Everyone’s just trying to survive. In one corporate biography type book the author asserted Zuckerberg would institute “lockdown” when he thought they were behind features. I believe the instagram book had a similar claim about Sidstorm (sp?).
I guess when network effects are life you can’t afford to not be the network. Google was smart to nab YouTube. And android. Meta was smart to grab instagram and WhatsApp (and that same logic, after missing out on making a phone, I bet is why they’re rushing to own VR). Innovate, copy, or die, basically.
- TeMPOraL 4y agoI feel there's a difference between copy-catting an upstart vs. a competitor that already outclassed you. The latter is kind of admitting defeat :). But regardless, what's really annoying here is that this new mode of interaction is pushed so hard that it hides away and starves out the "traditional" one. It's like these companies don't understand we're no longer in an era of a single social networking platform. I don't come to YouTube or Facebook to get more TikTok - I'm fine with getting TikTok on TikTok, I come to YouTube for actual longer-form videos, to Facebook for posts and groups, etc. Seeing YT, FB and IG pushing "shorts"/"reels" in my face only makes me visit them less.
- MockObject 4y ago> In one corporate biography type book the author asserted Zuckerberg would institute “lockdown” when he thought they were behind features. Can you explain what this means? I don't know what a lockdown is. Thanks!
- texasbigdata 4y agoFrom what I understand they would other drop other projects or literally not leave the office until the new feature was built. Again, from a book, you might want to fact check this.