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When did facebook innovate? They are known for copying everything from everyone. FacebookAI is the most important think to come out of them , but it s not reall
by seydor 4y ago
When did facebook innovate? They are known for copying everything from everyone. FacebookAI is the most important think to come out of them , but it s not really related to FB's core business
- bretticus 4y agoPyTorch, React, GraphQL, Jest, FBOSS for data center networking, the list goes on. Companies dream of creating just one of these.
- seydor 4y agoNow which of those are used by facebooks users
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- baobabKoodaa 4y agoWell, let's start with React. It's used by 100% of Facebook users.
- throwaway1777 4y agoAlmost every request is graphql. ML also… all the ads and feeds use it.
- seydor 4y agoReact is an innovation, in what exactly? It bloats the web with needless javascript and abstractions. It's a convenient shortcut for people making native mobile apps. It's not taking the world forward
- dougmwne 4y agoNot to mention tons of contributions to VR. They may have mismanaged the PR on that, but the product, as it exists is quite a thrill.
- jklinger410 4y agoDidn't they also contribute heavily to PHP?
- xhkkffbf 4y agoYes, their virtual machine was amazing. It brought all of the JIT technology and really sped up their PHP stack.
- potamic 4y agorocksdb, zstd compression, buck build system are also noteworthy that have far reaching impact across the industry.
- HybridCurve 4y agoPyTorch was based on Torch, which facebook did not create.
- timeon 4y agoI'm not fan of Facebook but what about React? Also if we are talking about "AI": https://mapwith.ai https://mapwith.ai
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- seydor 4y agoPeople don't go to facebook because of react however. Sure any big company solves their scale problems in innovative ways.
- mynameisvlad 4y agoYou are the one who set up the goal posts. Just because you don’t like where you put them up doesn’t mean you can change them once people prove you wrong. Nowhere did you say that Facebook’s innovations have to be the reason the end user uses the product, or even used by the end user at all. All you said is that they have never innovated. That is the bar. And it is clearly extremely low as Facebook has done lots of innovating with products used by developers all the time.
- seydor 4y agoI know we are in a bubble. Facebook did not grow because of graphql or vr, it grew because it copied and bought anything in sight. I guess most ppl are too young to remember, however. I guess you could say that fb created some innovations, mostly in their labs, but they are not in the business of innovation
- mynameisvlad 4y ago> Facebook did not grow because of graphql or vr, it grew because it copied and bought anything in sight. I guess most ppl are too young to remember, however. > but they are not in the business of innovation Who in this thread claimed they are in the business of innovation or that something is innovative only if it affects their direct customers? This entire response is a strawman, plain and simple. Once again, your clearly defined bar is, and I quote: > When did facebook innovate? Stick to the bar you set and be humble when it’s clearly proven to be a dismally low bar.