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Re:Facebook is planning to build a real community with parks... by skybrian on Wednesday March 21, 2018 @02:16PM (#16640893)
I think people are expecting innovation in real estate just because it's Facebook. But this isn't their area of expertise. Do they need to do anything different from any other large real estate developer in Silicon Valley to succeed at building housing?

They've likely hired professional real estate developers who will follow all the same laws, with more money.

The free food and games and gyms are already there (at work).

So I'm not seeing how this will be different in practical terms from other large apartment complexes?

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Re:Facebook is planning to build a real community with parks... by vorpalhex on Thursday March 22, 2018 @09:52AM (#16648614)
A company whose main business model is giving things out for free, to gather your data, which they then make billions of dollars selling to other businesses?

And you think they're suddenly taking on the very complex and muddied problem of real estate because they have passionate feelings about the housing crises?

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