Facebook Research Warned of ‘Tipping Point’ Threat to Core App

Re:Facebook Research Warned of ‘Tipping Point’ Threat to Cor... by dangrover on Thursday July 25, 2019 @11:51AM (#20526409)

Of course there's money in original content. You need that to keep people coming back to the feed to make any money on the ads.

What you're seeing is the results of dozens of teams individually optimizing against growth goals, which are actually inputs to a complex system that is difficult to predict.

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Re:Facebook Research Warned of ‘Tipping Point’ Threat to Cor... by mountainofdeath on Thursday July 25, 2019 @01:48PM (#20527644)

This is exactly what happens. Each team has their metrics that need to grow. Taken individually, it probably is the right move but when multiple groups optimize their little space, they end up drowning each other.

This is true of any large organization really. It's just that the blind insistence on data at the micro level makes the effect far more profound.

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