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0 pointsvineyardmike2y ago0 comments

How was messenger an acquisition? wasn't it simply taking FaceBook Chats and making it a standalone app? It seems that meta just has a very curated list of products, and most seem to be hits, and most seem to be regularly iterated upon.

> Facebook has DNA to optimize feeds.

Isn't that the exact thing that Threads would need to succeed? It's a new feeds-based app, piggybacking their existing social graph. That means you have followers/following immediately.

They even have the market opportunity as twitter stumbles.

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john_max_12y ago

Facebook Messnger was a service named Beluga - https://techcrunch.com/2011/03/01/facebook-beluga/

frankacter2y ago

>Facebook Messnger was a service named Beluga

Facebook Messenger existed prior to the acquisition. Beluga was a mobile only product that was essentially an acquihire of the 3 member team to work on the existing Messenger mobile platform.

>Facebook was all-in on Messenger as a platform. The project is gone as well.

Facebook Messenger platform is still very much alive and well in both the games and the support / chat bot / reservations space.

archerx2y ago

They have pretty much killed messenger for me, I used it everyday to chat with most of my friends but now its bloated and filled with ads so we moved on to different platforms. Its too bad because I loved messenger but now I only open it once a week.

> games / chat bot / reservation space

Yea thats the bloat that killed it for me, I just wanted something that lets me send messages to my close friends, nothing more, nothing less.

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john_max_12y ago

> Isn't that the exact thing that Threads would need to succeed? It's a new feeds-based app, piggybacking their existing social graph. That means you have followers/following immediately.

Remember Facebook Watch (videos) - https://www.facebook.com/help/609563009232602

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse

0 pointsvineyardmike2y ago0 comments

> Facebook has DNA to optimize feeds.

Isn't that the exact thing that Threads would need to succeed? It's a new feeds-based app, piggybacking their existing social graph. That means you have followers/following immediately.

They even have the market opportunity as twitter stumbles.

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john_max_12y ago

Facebook Messnger was a service named Beluga - https://techcrunch.com/2011/03/01/facebook-beluga/

frankacter2y ago

>Facebook Messnger was a service named Beluga

Facebook Messenger existed prior to the acquisition. Beluga was a mobile only product that was essentially an acquihire of the 3 member team to work on the existing Messenger mobile platform.

>Facebook was all-in on Messenger as a platform. The project is gone as well.

Facebook Messenger platform is still very much alive and well in both the games and the support / chat bot / reservations space.

archerx2y ago

> games / chat bot / reservation space

Yea thats the bloat that killed it for me, I just wanted something that lets me send messages to my close friends, nothing more, nothing less.

5 more replies

john_max_12y ago

> Isn't that the exact thing that Threads would need to succeed? It's a new feeds-based app, piggybacking their existing social graph. That means you have followers/following immediately.

Remember Facebook Watch (videos) - https://www.facebook.com/help/609563009232602

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse