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The difference is that Facebook has to please the investors, rather than the users. The investors want revenue and they want a good exit. They will be increas
by fnid 17y ago
The difference is that Facebook has to please the investors, rather than the users. The investors want revenue and they want a good exit. They will be increasingly upset if that exit never comes or it is at a lower valuation than they want.
- jbellis 17y agoThis is talking about third party apps, not facebook itself.
- gwern 17y agoWasn't a major point of the article that Facebook is making a lot off the third party apps?
- dschobel 17y agoWell, the one thing the offerpal ceo said which made sense was that user experience is a top priority for facebook. After all, this is what let it blow MySpace out of the water. It doesn't mean her company isn't treading on the edge of the fb guidelines, but she basically said that when push comes to shove and enough people complain, fb will do what's right by it's users even if it means losing the short-term ad revenue. Ultimately, the health and trust-worthiness of its platform is paramount to fb ever capitalizing on its astronomical valuation.