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Re:Facebook plans to change its name as part of company rebrand by Karunamon on Wednesday October 20, 2021 @11:32AM (#28931933)
Surely you're not arguing that popularity/profitability equates to quality? If so, McDonalds represents the best hamburger and fries in human history.

There are more dimensions than popular appeal.

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Re:Facebook plans to change its name as part of company rebrand by ramesh31 on Wednesday October 20, 2021 @01:01PM (#28933082)
>There are more dimensions than popular appeal.

In the context of a consumer product, not really. Everything is always a tradeoff to optimize for multiple factors. Mcdonalds may not be the highest quality, but they've sold billions of hamburgers for a reason. Their product is what the market wants, with enough acceptable tradeoffs to operate at a scale that fulfills demand.

tl;dr: The customer is always right.

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Re:Facebook plans to change its name as part of company rebrand by Kiro on Wednesday October 20, 2021 @04:48PM (#28936316)
What is quality?
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Re:Facebook plans to change its name as part of company rebrand by Karunamon on Wednesday October 20, 2021 @06:36PM (#28937712)
Short answer: Usually not the lowest common denominator, by definition.

Longer answer: Read Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

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