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They’re laying off because Zuck is a horrible leader. He went all-in on metaverse that didn’t work out. They could’ve done so much more in AI/ML space with all

by lvl102 4y ago

They’re laying off because Zuck is a horrible leader. He went all-in on metaverse that didn’t work out. They could’ve done so much more in AI/ML space with all the resources they had. Now they’re experiencing brain drain and no one wants to work for a guy with bad vision for the future.

ameister14 4y ago
I don't think he has a bad vision for the future but he may be too early, which amounts to a failure either way.
- lvl102 4y ago
  Arguably, Facebook had the best shot at breakthroughs in AI/ML. Instead, Zuck decided to spend all the resources on metaverse toys. He lacks vision. No, he’s an antithesis to innovation.
  - ameister14 4y ago
    I don't know enough about the AI/ML space in terms of competitive business advantage, so I can't really speak to that. I don't think he lacks vision; I think it's pretty hard to go from $0-500,000,000,000 in value without vision, frankly. People like to shit on Zuckerberg, but the truth is he built a global company that something like 1 in 3 people use. Nobody has ever done that before, and it's an incredible achievement. His vision might not be your vision, but I don't think you do something like that without a perspective on the future and how to grasp it.
  - baby 4y ago
    He def. doesn’t lack vision. And AR/VR is the future for sure. Now I would agree that they were late on AI. But his last post only mentions AI as a tech (not even the metaverse). So let’s see.
baby 4y ago
Trust in mgmt was the highest metric at fb when I used to work there two years ago. Whatever you see outside is BS. Read his latest post to get some idea of how he communicates internally: https://www.facebook.com/4/posts/i-just-shared-this-update-on-our-year-of-efficiency-with-meta-employees-meta-is-/10115030415333981/ https://www.facebook.com/4/posts/i-just-shared-this-update-o... Also I’ll eat my hat if his bet on VR/AR is not going to pay put eventually.
- lvl102 4y ago
  I guarantee FB will never succeed in VR/AR. It’s DOA considering that he completely destroyed public trust in the past decade plus. Based on prototypes he showed last year, it’s really Oculus in name only.
- rhaway84773 4y ago
  VR/AR is gonna pay off eventually. It’s highly unlikely Meta will be the one leading that revolution. For one thing, people would simply not trust a Meta based VR platform, thanks primarily to the Zuck. A similar competing offering from Apple, Google, or Microsoft would crush a Meta VR/AR platform very quickly IMO, due to people’s lack of trust in Meta. Additionally, it’s not clear if any gains Meta would see would be worth the cost. There’s the headline number of tens of billions of dollars spent, but more than the absolute amount of money, the opportunity cost of those dollars not being spent on other more promising technologies, like ML/AI, which Facebook actually was THE leader in 5-10 years ago, is the big problem, and is directly a result of poor leadership.
  - baby 4y ago
    > For one thing, people would simply not trust a Meta based VR platform That's a very American-centric opinion, most people in the world don't care.

by lvl102 4y ago

ameister14 4y ago

I don't think he has a bad vision for the future but he may be too early, which amounts to a failure either way.

lvl102 4y ago
Arguably, Facebook had the best shot at breakthroughs in AI/ML. Instead, Zuck decided to spend all the resources on metaverse toys. He lacks vision. No, he’s an antithesis to innovation.
- ameister14 4y ago
  I don't know enough about the AI/ML space in terms of competitive business advantage, so I can't really speak to that. I don't think he lacks vision; I think it's pretty hard to go from $0-500,000,000,000 in value without vision, frankly. People like to shit on Zuckerberg, but the truth is he built a global company that something like 1 in 3 people use. Nobody has ever done that before, and it's an incredible achievement. His vision might not be your vision, but I don't think you do something like that without a perspective on the future and how to grasp it.
- baby 4y ago
  He def. doesn’t lack vision. And AR/VR is the future for sure. Now I would agree that they were late on AI. But his last post only mentions AI as a tech (not even the metaverse). So let’s see.

baby 4y ago

Trust in mgmt was the highest metric at fb when I used to work there two years ago. Whatever you see outside is BS. Read his latest post to get some idea of how he communicates internally: https://www.facebook.com/4/posts/i-just-shared-this-update-on-our-year-of-efficiency-with-meta-employees-meta-is-/10115030415333981/ https://www.facebook.com/4/posts/i-just-shared-this-update-o... Also I’ll eat my hat if his bet on VR/AR is not going to pay put eventually.

lvl102 4y ago
I guarantee FB will never succeed in VR/AR. It’s DOA considering that he completely destroyed public trust in the past decade plus. Based on prototypes he showed last year, it’s really Oculus in name only.
rhaway84773 4y ago
VR/AR is gonna pay off eventually. It’s highly unlikely Meta will be the one leading that revolution. For one thing, people would simply not trust a Meta based VR platform, thanks primarily to the Zuck. A similar competing offering from Apple, Google, or Microsoft would crush a Meta VR/AR platform very quickly IMO, due to people’s lack of trust in Meta. Additionally, it’s not clear if any gains Meta would see would be worth the cost. There’s the headline number of tens of billions of dollars spent, but more than the absolute amount of money, the opportunity cost of those dollars not being spent on other more promising technologies, like ML/AI, which Facebook actually was THE leader in 5-10 years ago, is the big problem, and is directly a result of poor leadership.
- baby 4y ago
  > For one thing, people would simply not trust a Meta based VR platform That's a very American-centric opinion, most people in the world don't care.