jiveturkey 2 days ago

sometimes you lose

  • kelnos 2 days ago

    When your track record includes a lot of losses, the scale points more and more toward "clueless" and away from "4D chess".

    • vehemenz 2 days ago

      Especially when there are hours of public footage of the decision maker in question not sounding particular astute as a technical or strategic thinker.

    • aspenmayer 2 days ago

      Isn’t that already priced in? Shorts exist.

      • jeremyjh 2 days ago

        The market can stay irrational for longer than you can stay solvent.

  • ath3nd 2 days ago

    And like VR?

    And like...LLAMa?

    Maybe also like adding ads in WhatsApp cause we gotta squeeze our users so we can spend on... AI gurus?

    Meta has not had a win since they named themselves Meta. It's enjoyable to watch them flail around like clueless morons jumping on every fad and wasting their time and money.

    • Imustaskforhelp 2 days ago

      It makes me feel better / more comfortable with myself seeing what meta does. Almost being childish.

      Maybe this sounds selfish but its a little fun to me to see them lose. I just don't like meta and its privacy in sensitive ad network bullshit.

      Like the fact that if someone clicked a photo and deleted it then show them beauty ads because they are insecure. I can't give 2 cents about the growth of such a black mirror -esque company

      • ath3nd 2 days ago

        > I can't give 2 cents about the growth of such a black mirror -esque company

        I would donate my two cents or even more to witness their downfall though. I left WhatsApp years ago, and haven't used any of their other services like fb or Instagram. I don't want to contribute to a company that actively helped a couple of genocides (Myanmar), help elect a dictator or two (Philippines) and spread racist propaganda and, most recently, allowing women to be called 'personal objects'.

        Their tech is far from impressive, their products are far from impressive, the only impressive thing is that they are still in business.

  • dartharva 2 days ago

    Doesn't sound like "sometimes" in most cases

  • dude250711 2 days ago

    Like everything but acquisitions since the original product?

goyagoji 2 days ago

Anti-aging startups is 5D chess, the 4th dimension is the most fickle so it's very hard to make it to a 4D intercept when your ideas are stupid.