Re:Facebook's TikTok-like redesign marks sunset of social ne...
by petesergeant on Wednesday July 27, 2022 @01:25AM
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> why do you think you know what's better for FB more than the thousands of smart engineers and PMs working there
doubt they're the ones making the big strategic decisions
Re:Facebook's TikTok-like redesign marks sunset of social ne...
by lelanthran on Wednesday July 27, 2022 @03:59AM
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> doubt they're the ones making the big strategic decisions
Of course not, but I doubt that the ones making these decisions are ignoring the metrics that the thousands of smart engineers are generating.
All the large companies are able to afford extra staff whose job is exclusively to generate and analyse metrics.
It seems a reach to conclude that the company pays thousands of people for a specific output, just to throw that output away. It may happen to one or two of them, but certainly not to all of the people generating the metrics.
I have no horse in this race, but why do you think you know what's better for FB more than the thousands of smart engineers and PMs working there?
They clearly saw TikTok as a direct threat, and, probably fueled by thousands of data-driven tests, confirmed that this change results in more engagement and keeps more people on their site for longer.
What you seem to want from FB is likely what a minority of its older userbase wants, but wouldn't make graphs go up and right as much. They need to attract younger generations and new users if they want to do that.