Meta Is Said to Plan Thousands More Layoffs as Soon as This Week

Re:Meta Is Said to Plan Thousands More Layoffs as Soon as Th... by gonzo41 on Tuesday March 07, 2023 @07:12AM (#35054466)

It's actually kind of amazing that there's not any real consequence to making that bad call. It sucked up a lot of energy, lots of people tried to stake and early adopter position in the metaverse and it turns out everyone just didn't want that.

I think they could have made more money if they built games into facebook. At probably a fraction of the cost really.

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Re:Meta Is Said to Plan Thousands More Layoffs as Soon as Th... by Eddy_Viscosity2 on Tuesday March 07, 2023 @08:33AM (#35055127)

Reminds me of Marks 'pivot to video' on facebook [0]

https://www.niemanlab.org/2021/09/well-this-puts-a-nail-in-t...

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Re:Meta Is Said to Plan Thousands More Layoffs as Soon as Th... by mbajkowski on Tuesday March 07, 2023 @10:01AM (#35056076)

I believe they tried to court game developers via Facebook platform at one point. I recall giving Civilization Network a shot: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civilization_World

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Re:Meta Is Said to Plan Thousands More Layoffs as Soon as Th... by robertlagrant on Wednesday March 08, 2023 @04:22AM (#35066906)

> there's not any real consequence to making that bad call

There is: they've spent a fortune of their money on building it.

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Re:Meta Is Said to Plan Thousands More Layoffs as Soon as Th... by krapp on Wednesday March 08, 2023 @04:32AM (#35066975)

Is that a real consequence? Are Facebook shutting their doors? Is Mark Zuckerberg no longer wealthy?

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Re:Meta Is Said to Plan Thousands More Layoffs as Soon as Th... by robertlagrant on Wednesday March 08, 2023 @05:21AM (#35067280)

Yes, of course. It's not the sort of consequence that would be meted out by a parent, but it's appropriate. Facebook is much the poorer for it, as is appropriate for them trying a new thing.

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