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Re: Meta is reportedly developing an AI pendant

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Post by ergocoder » Sat, May 30, 2026, 11:02 PM UTC

16bitvoid wrote: post #17

gattac_janitor wrote: post #13

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Threads is an internally developed Twitter clone when Twitter launched in 2006 and Threads launched in 2023? I'm not saying they didn't build it, but it was not an original product design; they waited until there was already a market, launched and deployed it to Facebook users. I will give you the Ray-Ban glasses, but even that was a product that is a better version of Google Glass, so still not really a unique produ…

Sure, it's not original or unique, but that wasn't your question. Facebook itself wasn't particularly unique when it launched.

The person is likely going through the 5 stages of coping.

1. The product isn't useful

2. The product is useful but nobody is using it.

3. Ok, a lot of people are using it but nobody is buying it.

4. Ok, some people are buying it but the product is not innovative. Somebody invented it first. 5. Ok, the product is innovative but it's not like it will cure cancer!!!

Re: Meta is reportedly developing an AI pendant

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Post by spprashant » Sat, May 30, 2026, 11:07 PM UTC

tristanj wrote: post #10

gattac_janitor wrote: post #5

What products has Meta developed internally after Facebook that have been a success? I am actually asking this question, it seems like they have only had success purchasing already ramping products, plowing cash into them, and cross-integrating them into their product set. Why wouldn't they just continue to lean into that profile and wait for people with actual good ideas solve this.

Threads? They have 400m monthly active users and 100m+ daily active users. Though, its userbase likely does not intersect with your interests. Meta Ray-Ban glasses are also a massive success.

I really doubt that 400M number. They try to get me to login to Threads see comments on Instagram posts. Technically I am monthly "active" user, but not really.

I see more Bluesky links in the wild than Threads and they claim only 27M users.

Re: Meta is reportedly developing an AI pendant

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Post by tristanj » Sat, May 30, 2026, 11:27 PM UTC

spprashant wrote: post #22

tristanj wrote: post #10

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Threads? They have 400m monthly active users and 100m+ daily active users. Though, its userbase likely does not intersect with your interests. Meta Ray-Ban glasses are also a massive success.

I really doubt that 400M number. They try to get me to login to Threads see comments on Instagram posts. Technically I am monthly "active" user, but not really. I see more Bluesky links in the wild than Threads and they claim only 27M users.

Threads is taking off in regions likely irrelevant to your interests (India, Taiwan, Japan, Brazil, etc). The content on Threads covers national politics and local social issues, which would typically not be shared on a tech forum like this one.

Tech news is still dominated by X and bluesky, so naturally those content sources appear more here.

Re: Meta is reportedly developing an AI pendant

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Post by bmitc » Sat, May 30, 2026, 11:58 PM UTC

benoau wrote: post #12

bmitc wrote: post #7

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Was it just because WhatsApp was already generally well designed when they purchased it?

I think that might be common enough these days through sound horizontal scaling principals and especially services that scale for you, but Whatsapp launched in 2009, pretty much the turning point for the tech that enables "web scale". At that time AWS was just rolling out ELB and RDS, people were still fulfilling their (and most) roles on EC2 servers or even more likely dedicated servers / VPS that took day(s) to com…

WhatsApp was built on Erlang, though, which was built to scale in the 80s.

Re: Meta is reportedly developing an AI pendant

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Post by ianmabie » Sun, May 31, 2026, 12:57 AM UTC

They acquired Limitless AI in 2025 which had pivoted from “record and rewind anything on your Mac” to a hardware pendant “granola for everything” product. It was not in market for very long prior to the acquisition.

Hardware was very nice & sorry to see they sold. Mine sits in my desk now :/

Re: Meta is reportedly developing an AI pendant

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Post by derwiki » Sun, May 31, 2026, 1:18 AM UTC

bmitc wrote: post #24

benoau wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think that might be common enough these days through sound horizontal scaling principals and especially services that scale for you, but Whatsapp launched in 2009, pretty much the turning point for the tech that enables "web scale". At that time AWS was just rolling out ELB and RDS, people were still fulfilling their (and most) roles on EC2 servers or even more likely dedicated servers / VPS that took day(s) to com…

WhatsApp was built on Erlang, though, which was built to scale in the 80s.

ejabberd right?

Re: Meta is reportedly developing an AI pendant

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Post by dominotw » Sun, May 31, 2026, 1:21 AM UTC

tristanj wrote: post #10

gattac_janitor wrote: post #5

What products has Meta developed internally after Facebook that have been a success? I am actually asking this question, it seems like they have only had success purchasing already ramping products, plowing cash into them, and cross-integrating them into their product set. Why wouldn't they just continue to lean into that profile and wait for people with actual good ideas solve this.

Threads? They have 400m monthly active users and 100m+ daily active users. Though, its userbase likely does not intersect with your interests. Meta Ray-Ban glasses are also a massive success.

i am surprise ai glasses are not more popular. i would love to wear those to appliance store and get info about appliance quickly.

is there any alternative ray ban meta . i hate buying from zuck.

Re: Meta is reportedly developing an AI pendant

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Post by 8note » Sun, May 31, 2026, 1:44 AM UTC

gattac_janitor wrote: post #14

0xy wrote: post #6

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Why was it trivial for FB to scale WhatsApp from 450,000,000 users at acquisition to over 3,300,000,000 now? Seems like an insane achievement to scale a messaging service to half of the world.

Scaling a product like that is an incredible engineering achievement, but I am speaking specifically about product development. What other products has Facebook innovated internally, worked through the product-market fit, and scaled itself? Again, my point is that they have a ton of resources and a huge existing user base, but the only successes they seem to have are purchasing companies that are ramping. They deploy…

facebook itself is a myspace or nexopia clone

the targetting pixel and like button are the most obvious innovations?

facebook is a tool for building products on, rather than a product in and of itself.

Re: Meta is reportedly developing an AI pendant

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Post by teeray » Sun, May 31, 2026, 2:08 AM UTC

plastic-enjoyer wrote: post #15

pertymcpert wrote: post #11

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Even in public?

Yes. The issue with Meta glasses and those pendants are that they are designed for concealment, designed to invade the privacy of other people. Some might argue that mobile phones can also be used to make secret recordings. However, they are not primarily designed for this and it is a side-effect of being a multifunctional tool. However, whenever anyone uses Meta glasses or their pendants in public, one should assume…

> Some might argue that mobile phones can also be used to make secret recordings

Not to mention that doing so is a felony in a two-party consent state.

Re: Meta is reportedly developing an AI pendant

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Post by terribleperson » Sun, May 31, 2026, 2:09 AM UTC

gattac_janitor wrote: post #5

What products has Meta developed internally after Facebook that have been a success? I am actually asking this question, it seems like they have only had success purchasing already ramping products, plowing cash into them, and cross-integrating them into their product set. Why wouldn't they just continue to lean into that profile and wait for people with actual good ideas solve this.

Facebook marketplace killed craigslist, I guess?

Sure, it's part of Facebook but it's not the same as the core product.