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People (for obvious reasons) like to compare Digg to whats going on at Reddit. It seems a lot closer to Facebook Facebook has always lead the fight to monetize
by shmatt 3y ago
People (for obvious reasons) like to compare Digg to whats going on at Reddit. It seems a lot closer to Facebook
Facebook has always lead the fight to monetize users to the max. If its sudden API changes or shutdowns, or suing 3rd party app developers. Yet they still generate Billions and people are fine using them, instagram, or Whatsapp, even though they fully understand the enshitification the timeline has gone through throughout the years, and how aggressively they monetize their user base
I also see Reddit as extremely similar to Facebook groups, which can also have millions of users, and are moderated for free by volunteers
- _urvc 3y agoUnlike Reddit, most of Meta's apps are commonly used on mobile. Furthermore, all the apps you listed actually bring long term value in the form of real life social and business relationships. Emotionally and economically Reddit has not nearly as much of an impact.
- Macha 3y agoI think it's a mistake to confuse the health of Meta, the company, with Facebook, the platform. I think as a company they made the right decision in the acquisitions of Instagram and Whatsapp because they captured some of the platforms that were stealing their important demographics. I think if they hadn't made these acquisitions and were still just Facebook.com, we'd be looking at Facebook the company not as a FAANG giant but as a Yahoo or IBM or similar.