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1. alex1138 · 1790248753 · focus · HN ↗

   Outside basic network effects like real names Facebook has contributed essentially nothing of value to the world. (And no, don't tell me "React, Pytorch". People were screaming about React's license) The network effects barely matter too because their AI bans you whenever and feeds are so useless you never see what anyone posts

   Instagram went from a site for photographers to Reels everywhere (and login walls on every page)

   Zuckerberg is awful. Awful, awful, awful.

   1. oldsklgdfth · 1790249218 · focus · HN ↗

      I sometimes wonder how he's still CEO.

      Other than ad revenue, the company hasn't had any big wins. VR didn't take off. Metaverse didn't take off. AI models didn't take off. All multi-billion dollar ventures. Any other board would have sacked him by now.

      1. hobom · 1790252846 · focus · HN ↗

         Other than making buttloads of money, what has he accomplished?

         1. alex1138 · 1790253057 · focus · HN ↗

            Oh, like the video metrics scandal? Or how their ads are shown to more people in an area than physically exist?

            Of course the counter-argument is "makes money". That first of all doesn't make a good CEO (if you put no money into maintaining your site, for example), second of all it ignores all the fraud

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