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Re:Many software companies are a joke by mattmanser on Monday May 16, 2022 @07:21AM (#31395635)
It was Facebook's philosophy and also Twitter used to go down a lot in the early days. So I'm not sure I'd agree with your statement. It depends on your company culture.
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Re:Many software companies are a joke by Joel_Mckay on Monday May 16, 2022 @07:47AM (#31395840)
In general, a well planned API allowed Facebook to integrate a lot of 3rd party features to attract more users. Simply put, a messy standard is still a standard.
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Re:Many software companies are a joke by ethbr0 on Monday May 16, 2022 @07:34AM (#31395720)
Both are in a strong first mover / network effect industry (social). It's definitely an optimization in certain cases.
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