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> Mark wants to go all in AI instead of Metaverse I see no evidence of that. The recent announcements are at best a re-org, or worse a cleanup of three+ reorg

> Mark wants to go all in AI instead of Metaverse I see no evidence of that. The recent announcements are at best a re-org, or worse a cleanup of three+ reorgs where FAIR and others were subsumed into RL-R. It is clear that The Meta leadership doesn't really understand what they are doing. The first cut I suggest was designed to send a message to investors that meta is "serious" about something. I assume that this second cut is because not enough people left of their own accord. However none of this is actually a change in strategy. Where are the product changes? where is the announcement of key priorities for the different Apps? are they going to start putting users first? or just add more shit into each app until something sticks? The key problem Meta has is that they only have one effective leader: zuck. Everyone else appears to be underwhelming. Boz: arrogance personified. None of the misteps in the last 4 years are ever his fault. It was market forces that meant that raybans failed, rather than releasing them before they were finished. the quest pro didn't sell, not boz's fault. The market wasnt ready for a capable device with absolutely no software support for the new features. Want to join your friend in a VR game? sure! just perform 15 clicks and wait 7 minutes. No not those clicks, no you need to press the hidden sub menu silly! Oh, no, remember you need to have an OS update first. 10 minute update tax! Mosseri: Pivoting Instagram to video, because tiktok. just push push push. Oh wait our cash cow users are pissed off, ok, roll back. "there was no way to forsee this problem" despite everyone telling them it was a horrid user experience. Blue app: Lets just push random shit into your stream, don't worry we'll roll out the user controls next half. Don't like the content? tough my metric is to get more shit in your feed, if you don't like it, its not my job to fix it, thats someone elses.

elforce002 4y ago
On Instagram: they'll discontinue ig live shopping, which is at least some good news. Fb: I've been out of it and the reality is millennials and gen z won't be joining it. They know that. Their only bet is to lobby congress to ban tiktok.
- ChatGTP 4y ago
  Instagram has gotten to the point where I just have absolutely no interest to continue using it. Mostly it feeds me soft porn, and my friends have kind of posted the same things over and over, which has become kind of boring. Food pics, workout pics, whatever. It's gotten to the point where I'm just actually bored with the platform in general, not necessarily the content. Facebook, I just have zero interest in going anywhere near it, it's so, so, so boring.
  - JCharante 4y ago
    I follow aviation related accounts so I see pictures of planes on my feed. I did have to stop following hashtags because people tend to spam bikini pics there
    - elforce002 4y ago
      I don't even bother with it anymore. At least TikTok is giving me things I search for. I have +5 years without fb so that's that. Twitter serves its purpose for (news, articles, etc...).
  - anthomtb 4y ago
    Instagram will feed you more of whatever you are following or tapping. I have noticed that if I don't use Instagram for a few days I end up with generic, lowest-common-denominator videos. Scantily clad females, bar fights, car accidents, etc. But if I start seeking out and watching the stuff I actually like, the feed updates itself within a day or two and I get content that I actually want to watch.
    - ChatGTP 4y ago
      I just can't be bothered seeking out "stuff I like" on Instagram anymore, mostly I've seen it before etc, just feeling like I have better things to do lately. If I actually want to "watch" something, I open Youtube, seems to me like the content on there is 10x better. Each to their own.
      - 4y ago
- i67vw3 4y ago
  >Their only bet is to lobby congress to ban tiktok. Good point, the only way for 'Meta' shares to go up and for investors to have some confidence in 'Meta' is by Tiktok being banned in US (and other western countries like EU, Canada etc). Automatically, the advertising money which was to go to Tiktok will go to Instagram (via Reels).
  - N19PEDL2 4y ago
    It should also be said, however, that banning TikTok would set a dangerous precedent for Meta's business outside the US.
    - mupuff1234 4y ago
      Isn't Instagram already blocked in China?
      - red-iron-pine 4y ago
        on top of plenty of other apps blocked, banned, or forced to restrict results or behavior?
      - N19PEDL2 4y ago
        I was thinking more about the EU actually. After banning TikTok, it won't be long before someone says, "hey, Instagram steals people's personal data too."
        blsapologist42 4y ago
        Meta has to follow all the EU regulations around data privacy. Does TikTok?
    - marcosdumay 4y ago
      I can't make my mind if the GP intended to be sarcastic, but if you read it in a serious tone, you are making a disservice for yourself.
  - 4y ago
- yodsanklai 4y ago
  Considering Meta is banned in China, I don't understand why there's even a question about this.
  - rurp 4y ago
    Because copying China isn't a great way to devise policy. China bans many things that are good and should remain protected in the US. I don't use Tiktok or have a strong opinion on it specifically, but I really disagree with the notion that we should reflexively ban things because China banned something similar first.
    - yodsanklai 4y ago
      China isn't playing by the rules here so there should be some form of sanction. If it's not banning Tiktok, then it should be something else.
    - RestlessMind 4y ago
      > Because copying China isn't a great way to devise policy Sure but never copying China because "China bad" is also a bad policy. Sometimes, bullies only understand "tit for tat" language.
badpun 4y ago
> Boz: arrogance personified. None of the misteps in the last 4 years are ever his fault. It was market forces that meant that raybans failed, rather than releasing them before they were finished. the quest pro didn't sell, not boz's fault. The market wasnt ready for a capable device with absolutely no software support for the new features. Want to join your friend in a VR game? sure! just perform 15 clicks and wait 7 minutes. No not those clicks, no you need to press the hidden sub menu silly! Oh, no, remember you need to have an OS update first. 10 minute update tax! I wonder if companies like Meta will finally start caring deeply about performance of their products, and will switch to software paradigms which preserve performance (see for example latest Casey Muratori talk on slowness of Clean Code, and also his "40 million lines of code" talk). I mean, the forced updates of software, and how long they take, is a major complain of users of many modern entertainment devices (the VR googles, game consoles etc.). They long updates are of course caused by "the stack" being a pile of uber-overcomplicated shit, which was quick and convenient to develop, but now is harming the product.
- sumtechguy 4y ago
  Abstraction costs performance in many cases. But you sometimes want/need that abstraction. But on the other side of that is drop a comment in there how to abstract it if needed but do not abstract it until you need it. And 'updating' that is my favorite playstation game! It seems to be what I do every time I turn it on every few months.
  - cvhashim04 4y ago
    I thought this was Hackernews and people fixed tech inconveniences with random scripts! I’m sure someone on here could hack together something to check for updates and run the update or automate that process with a click from your phone.
    - sumtechguy 4y ago
      With the PS if I leave it alone and powered on it will take care of itself. But I turn it off so it does not use as much power. I have enough other items in my house turned on to heat it up :)

elforce002 4y ago

On Instagram: they'll discontinue ig live shopping, which is at least some good news. Fb: I've been out of it and the reality is millennials and gen z won't be joining it. They know that. Their only bet is to lobby congress to ban tiktok.

ChatGTP 4y ago
Instagram has gotten to the point where I just have absolutely no interest to continue using it. Mostly it feeds me soft porn, and my friends have kind of posted the same things over and over, which has become kind of boring. Food pics, workout pics, whatever. It's gotten to the point where I'm just actually bored with the platform in general, not necessarily the content. Facebook, I just have zero interest in going anywhere near it, it's so, so, so boring.
- JCharante 4y ago
  I follow aviation related accounts so I see pictures of planes on my feed. I did have to stop following hashtags because people tend to spam bikini pics there
  - elforce002 4y ago
    I don't even bother with it anymore. At least TikTok is giving me things I search for. I have +5 years without fb so that's that. Twitter serves its purpose for (news, articles, etc...).
- anthomtb 4y ago
  Instagram will feed you more of whatever you are following or tapping. I have noticed that if I don't use Instagram for a few days I end up with generic, lowest-common-denominator videos. Scantily clad females, bar fights, car accidents, etc. But if I start seeking out and watching the stuff I actually like, the feed updates itself within a day or two and I get content that I actually want to watch.
  - ChatGTP 4y ago
    I just can't be bothered seeking out "stuff I like" on Instagram anymore, mostly I've seen it before etc, just feeling like I have better things to do lately. If I actually want to "watch" something, I open Youtube, seems to me like the content on there is 10x better. Each to their own.
    - 4y ago
i67vw3 4y ago
>Their only bet is to lobby congress to ban tiktok. Good point, the only way for 'Meta' shares to go up and for investors to have some confidence in 'Meta' is by Tiktok being banned in US (and other western countries like EU, Canada etc). Automatically, the advertising money which was to go to Tiktok will go to Instagram (via Reels).
- N19PEDL2 4y ago
  It should also be said, however, that banning TikTok would set a dangerous precedent for Meta's business outside the US.
  - mupuff1234 4y ago
    Isn't Instagram already blocked in China?
    - red-iron-pine 4y ago
      on top of plenty of other apps blocked, banned, or forced to restrict results or behavior?
    - N19PEDL2 4y ago
      I was thinking more about the EU actually. After banning TikTok, it won't be long before someone says, "hey, Instagram steals people's personal data too."
      - blsapologist42 4y ago
        Meta has to follow all the EU regulations around data privacy. Does TikTok?
  - marcosdumay 4y ago
    I can't make my mind if the GP intended to be sarcastic, but if you read it in a serious tone, you are making a disservice for yourself.
- 4y ago
yodsanklai 4y ago
Considering Meta is banned in China, I don't understand why there's even a question about this.
- rurp 4y ago
  Because copying China isn't a great way to devise policy. China bans many things that are good and should remain protected in the US. I don't use Tiktok or have a strong opinion on it specifically, but I really disagree with the notion that we should reflexively ban things because China banned something similar first.
  - yodsanklai 4y ago
    China isn't playing by the rules here so there should be some form of sanction. If it's not banning Tiktok, then it should be something else.
  - RestlessMind 4y ago
    > Because copying China isn't a great way to devise policy Sure but never copying China because "China bad" is also a bad policy. Sometimes, bullies only understand "tit for tat" language.

badpun 4y ago

> Boz: arrogance personified. None of the misteps in the last 4 years are ever his fault. It was market forces that meant that raybans failed, rather than releasing them before they were finished. the quest pro didn't sell, not boz's fault. The market wasnt ready for a capable device with absolutely no software support for the new features. Want to join your friend in a VR game? sure! just perform 15 clicks and wait 7 minutes. No not those clicks, no you need to press the hidden sub menu silly! Oh, no, remember you need to have an OS update first. 10 minute update tax! I wonder if companies like Meta will finally start caring deeply about performance of their products, and will switch to software paradigms which preserve performance (see for example latest Casey Muratori talk on slowness of Clean Code, and also his "40 million lines of code" talk). I mean, the forced updates of software, and how long they take, is a major complain of users of many modern entertainment devices (the VR googles, game consoles etc.). They long updates are of course caused by "the stack" being a pile of uber-overcomplicated shit, which was quick and convenient to develop, but now is harming the product.

sumtechguy 4y ago
Abstraction costs performance in many cases. But you sometimes want/need that abstraction. But on the other side of that is drop a comment in there how to abstract it if needed but do not abstract it until you need it. And 'updating' that is my favorite playstation game! It seems to be what I do every time I turn it on every few months.
- cvhashim04 4y ago
  I thought this was Hackernews and people fixed tech inconveniences with random scripts! I’m sure someone on here could hack together something to check for updates and run the update or automate that process with a click from your phone.
  - sumtechguy 4y ago
    With the PS if I leave it alone and powered on it will take care of itself. But I turn it off so it does not use as much power. I have enough other items in my house turned on to heat it up :)