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I know it's selling him short but I can't help but feel like Zuckerberg is one of the luckiest tech CEOs out there. From all the way back in the mid 2000s when
by afavour 2y ago
I know it's selling him short but I can't help but feel like Zuckerberg is one of the luckiest tech CEOs out there. From all the way back in the mid 2000s when FB totally whiffed on smartphones (Google bought Android and pivoted hard, Facebook could have done the same and just... didn't) I've never come away with any clear sense of what Zuck thinks Facebook is or should be. He took initial market advantage and made a bunch of really smart acquisitions from people who actually do have ideas and then just disappeared into a weird world of VR and whatever.
In a way I'm not surprised by this AI stuff. I don't think Zuckerberg uses Facebook in any meaningful way and I think he's so off in his own world that he doesn't even understand how the average person operates any more. It's just like when they pivoted too hard to video, or too hard to chatbots. AI profiles = traffic growth = good. That's all there is to it. There's no overarching vision at work.
- tarsinge 2y agoNetwork effect is strong. That’s why they buy already successful networks. I’m sure he recognizes that he has no clue how to build another one and that it was mostly luck of being at the right place at the right time.
- fullshark 2y agoHis smartest move was ignoring any non-poaching agreement and exploding developer salaries in order to build out a trillion dollar company / ad network. For that I will always appreciate him.
- spencerflem 2y agoWhy do you appreciate building an ad network? Like good for him I guess but it doesn't make me happier.
- datadrivenangel 2y agoDeveloper market salary. FB helped bring up total developer compensation.