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by wpdn 6y ago
I just thought of another possible explanation - apps and integrations are probably a big part of the revenue ecosystem so e.g. in case of react, if your product is built on it and your integrations/apps/whatever engine is also re
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by wpdn 6y ago
Yep, this is close to what I was thinking too. I was wondering if this doesn't have the drawback of core team having to constantly deal with people from outside coming with their use-cases that have nothing to do with what the team&#x2
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by wpdn 6y ago
i am pretty certain that promoting react has little impact on people who do bring the most revenue to facebook (end users who simply eat up clickbait).
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by wpdn 6y ago
This is a valid argument but it does not answer my question which was about why do companies have developer advocates for products other that what they directly sell.
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by wpdn 6y ago
I'm specifically not asking about these people. Take facebook - they don't sell react. Why do they have developer advocates for that? In other words, if you sell cars, why have people who talk to other people about how ICEs are bu
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by wpdn 6y ago
Yes, what I'm asking is what is the motivation to have them?
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by wpdn 6y ago
Yes, that’s what I meant by “not directly related to the end product of the business”. Eg why does google have developer advocates for angular? Is it purely so that adoption is wide enough that the “talent pool” admits good engineers even p
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