alt Hacker NewsFor the random HN comments I see from time to time; that aren't even seeing their friends posts in the Facebook feed
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df2dfs • today at 2:41 AM
On this link:
"They don't want to see what their friends post — they want to be entertained."
I know hindsight is 20-20, but, given how much data Mark et al had at their disposal by 2021, its crazy to me they didnt realise people much prefer being entertained that that keeps them consuming content longer - than just simply observing whats going on with the people they know.
Also interesting, he didnt respond to this email directly... but:
https://zuckmail.vercel.app/t/ig-eating-our-lunch
FB Employee to Zuck: Instagram is eating our lunch. Their mobile photos experience is significantly better than ours and our users know it. We're losing the photo-sharing battle on mobile.
We know what ended up happening. ;)