> Zuckerberg framed the low monetization as a conscious part of their product strategy -- that they spend long periods refining the experience with little consi

> Zuckerberg framed the low monetization as a conscious part of their product strategy -- that they spend long periods refining the experience with little consideration of ad revenue, and then only afterwards, as a somewhat separate endeavor, begin to investigate ways to monetize efficiently. Also known as stage one of the enshittification process: > first, [platforms] are good to their users; then they abuse their users to make things better for their business customers; finally, they abuse those business customers to claw back all the value for themselves. https://pluralistic.net/2023/01/21/potemkin-ai/#hey-guys https://pluralistic.net/2023/01/21/potemkin-ai/#hey-guys