If stories (which launched, surprisingly, in 2016) and reels are the only wins we can point to in all of Meta’s platforms for this experience-first-monetization

If stories (which launched, surprisingly, in 2016) and reels are the only wins we can point to in all of Meta’s platforms for this experience-first-monetization-later approach, can we really say it’s a proven success? Given what’s happened to the Facebook user base in the past ~five years, it feels like Instagram and WhatsApp are still thriving despite Meta’s strategy, not because of it.