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>I think the centralized social network model is in deep shit, at least as far as the WWW goes. Meta just beat Q4 estimates by 10%. Just because you're seeing
by GenerWork 3y ago
>I think the centralized social network model is in deep shit, at least as far as the WWW goes.
Meta just beat Q4 estimates by 10%. Just because you're seeing more traffic to your site from the fediverse doesn't mean that traditional social media is dying.
- ceejayoz 3y agoYou can beat estimates for a while by ramping up prices and cutting staff and costs. Facebook has, among other things, cut their developer support to basically zero. Bugs in the APIs sit around for years. The Groups API is just being discontinued entirely.
- tracerbulletx 3y agoI imagine strategically they all think they got what they needed out of being an open platform and don't need to do it anymore. I guess we'll find out if that's true or if someone can take their bacon.
- StableAlkyne 3y ago> Facebook has, among other things, cut their developer support to basically zero. They're still doing well on PyTorch at least! Although they did drop GPU support for Windows soon after the WSL2 became usable (presumably because now users could just install the Linux version on Win)
- nradov 3y agoWhy should they care about APIs anymore? Those no longer contribute to profitability.