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When I worked there (7 years), the gatekeeper effect was real. It didn’t stop broken or harmful, but it did stop revenue neutral or revenue negative. Even if we
by kridsdale1 1y ago
When I worked there (7 years), the gatekeeper effect was real. It didn’t stop broken or harmful, but it did stop revenue neutral or revenue negative. Even if we had proven the product was positive to user wellbeing or brand-favorability.
Yes I’m still bitter.
- HDThoreaun 1y agoWhy would a business release a revenue negative product? Stopping engineers from making products that dont contribute to the bottom line is exactly what these gatekeepers should be doing
- fooker 1y agoBecause you don't have perfect foresight. Something that loses money now can be the next big thing. ChatGPT is the biggest recent example of this. I had seen chatbot demos at Google as early as 2019.
- lII1lIlI11ll 1y agoBecause due to that mindset now FB sucks and no one wants to use it anymore?
- HDThoreaun 1y agoFB ad serve up 10% yoy but no is using it?
- array_key_first 1y agoCorrect, they don't know yet that their platform is dead, but it is. Most of those are bots.