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Sheryl Sandberg stepping down as Facebook COO

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Re: Sheryl Sandberg stepping down as Facebook COO

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Post by seydor »

learndeeply wrote: post #29
frisco wrote: post #25

I increasingly believe that Facebook’s pivot to Meta will end up going down as one of the biggest misses in the history of business. The metaverse is a real idea yes - but strapping a phone to your face and walking through your coffee table isn’t it. Especially not with a mediocre centralized FB owned “virtual world” where they inflict heavy taxes and content moderation. Facebook has neglected its core businesses for…

How is that related to Sheryl stepping down as COO at all?

She's abandoning the titanic

Re: Sheryl Sandberg stepping down as Facebook COO

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Post by KaiserPro »

minimaxir wrote: post #7

It's possible this announcement was intentionally timed against the media-consuming Depp/Heard trial verdict announcement in an attempt to bury the news. Meta stock went down a few points immediately after the announcement.

if you read some of the leaked documents from FB, I strongly suspect you'd revise this opinion.

When have you ever seen FB act in such a quick, noiseless and effective way?

its a 130k people, and Sandberg is the head of the chattiest part of it. Not only that there is Boz who appears to want to not only subsume the CTO position but also COO (see dinner comments)

TL;DR:

FB is far to big and uncoordinated to manage something like this.

Re: Sheryl Sandberg stepping down as Facebook COO

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Post by seydor »

deeptote wrote: post #28
frisco wrote: post #25

I increasingly believe that Facebook’s pivot to Meta will end up going down as one of the biggest misses in the history of business. The metaverse is a real idea yes - but strapping a phone to your face and walking through your coffee table isn’t it. Especially not with a mediocre centralized FB owned “virtual world” where they inflict heavy taxes and content moderation. Facebook has neglected its core businesses for…

I don't know anyone under 50 who actively uses Facebook.

Not necessarily a bad thing. The world is aging and old people have all the money

Re: Sheryl Sandberg stepping down as Facebook COO

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Post by ralph84 »

atourgates wrote: post #21

"Sitting by Mark’s side for these 14 years has been the honor and privilege of a lifetime. [...] In the critical moments of my life, in the highest highs and in the depths of true lows, I have never had to turn to Mark, because he was already there." If this is an accurate reflection of her experience, I don't expect it's a side of Mark Zuckerberg most of us imagine exists.

Or it's a nice way of saying he's a micromanager.

Re: Sheryl Sandberg stepping down as Facebook COO

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Post by therealmarv »

deeptote wrote: post #28
frisco wrote: post #25

I increasingly believe that Facebook’s pivot to Meta will end up going down as one of the biggest misses in the history of business. The metaverse is a real idea yes - but strapping a phone to your face and walking through your coffee table isn’t it. Especially not with a mediocre centralized FB owned “virtual world” where they inflict heavy taxes and content moderation. Facebook has neglected its core businesses for…

I don't know anyone under 50 who actively uses Facebook.

That's in your local bubble. In some countries Facebook is no. 1 and on same level or even more important as Google Maps for businesses. Wished it was not the case though.

Re: Sheryl Sandberg stepping down as Facebook COO

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Post by [deleted] »

deeptote wrote: post #28
frisco wrote: post #25

I increasingly believe that Facebook’s pivot to Meta will end up going down as one of the biggest misses in the history of business. The metaverse is a real idea yes - but strapping a phone to your face and walking through your coffee table isn’t it. Especially not with a mediocre centralized FB owned “virtual world” where they inflict heavy taxes and content moderation. Facebook has neglected its core businesses for…

I don't know anyone under 50 who actively uses Facebook.

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Re: Sheryl Sandberg stepping down as Facebook COO

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Post by dvt »

seydor wrote: post #33
deeptote wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't know anyone under 50 who actively uses Facebook.

Not necessarily a bad thing. The world is aging and old people have all the money

Absolutely a bad thing. Young folks have less money, but are more impulsive with spending. The 18-44 crowd is an extremely coveted market segment.
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