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If Meta were smart, they'd immediately shift away from their Metaverse nonsense and use this as a massive opportunity to do things they are pretty good at (hate
by partiallypro 3y ago
If Meta were smart, they'd immediately shift away from their Metaverse nonsense and use this as a massive opportunity to do things they are pretty good at (hate them or love them.) I know they are working on a Twitter competitor, but they need to find a way to help get the followers they once had back, if they were to switch. They could even ultimately challenge Reddit. I know that would not be an ideal outcome, but as a business with that core competency, I'd be putting a huge effort to take advantage of all of this.
- seydor 3y agoI d say the opposite. Their headsets are great and affordable, but their obsession with making everything social is ... annoying at this point? They keep adding social stuff to the oculus, but why the hell would i want to be stalked while i m deep into another world wearing glasses. They need to quit their old habits and focus on the future not the past
- partiallypro 3y agoThe future in question is not profitable (yet, if at all anytime soon). Social media is and will be for a long time in competent hands. You can think that their VR stuff is cool but also know their core competency is good social experiences. You can hate Facebook and Instagram all you want but they are both very popular and profitable.
- worrycue 3y ago> They could even ultimately challenge Reddit. Frankly I feel Google would be more motivated to challenge Reddit. Since so many of Google’s search results go to Reddit, they might as well try to take over that part of the web rather than leaving it in the hands of mercurial leadership of Reddit. The only problem is possible retaliation from Reddit and potential antitrust problems if other similar sites feel threatened.
- raverbashing 3y agoExcept Google seems completely incompetent at creating new products (though maybe YT shorts is the exception that proves the point) and very bad at handling community
- _Algernon_ 3y agoYT shorts isn't a new product. It's a feature of an existing product, which happens to be the second biggest website.
- Maxion 3y agoI wouldn't say YT shorts is a good example of a well executed product. They all seem shit.
- silisili 3y agoCall a spade a spade. YT shorts is a terribly named, half assed, years late copy.
- yosame 3y agoSame with Instagram Reels, and they're also fairly popular.
- petesergeant 3y agoGoogle should be hyper-motivated, they just appear to be incapable of executing on anything social. Surprised they aren’t visibly scrambling to get it done anyway though
- oezi 3y agoIf you think about it Google Groups could have been Reddit if presented in this way.
- wiml 3y agoI mean Google Groups was just the colony of crustaceans living on the whale-fall of Usenet.