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It's myopic to think that anything/everything they do is advertiser driven. If you think of Facebook's goal as to "connect the world," and with such a large use
by s3r3nity 12y ago
It's myopic to think that anything/everything they do is advertiser driven. If you think of Facebook's goal as to "connect the world," and with such a large user base on WhatsApp, you can imagine that all WA needed to do was add a profile feature, and BAM - legitimate Facebook contender.
It's why I think FB is nervous now that Twitter's profiles look a tad like FB timelines...the boundary is now a bit blurred.
- tdicola 12y agoFacebook is a public company now, their goal is to generate value for their shareholders. All other goals like 'connect the world' are secondary.
- s3r3nity 12y agoOh come on - it's not like we think Google abandoned their "do no evil" mantra or their mission to organize the world's information simply because they went public...or Apple stopped designing great products and revolting against mainstay ways we view our relationships with technology. Granted, there may be additional considerations, but I doubt any person who has worked there would say that optimizing shareholder value is #1 priority (though I do believe the former was abandoned for other reasons, but that's a separate discussion...)