Their epistemology. Facebook's behaviorist approach isn't sufficient to make things that people actually _want_ to use, and it shows.
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"product can be cloned," say all, but Facebook doesn't understand why people like Snapchat, and spaghetti-wall design doesn't build product.pic.twitter.com/CaVxjFIJW8
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One piece of snapchat magic: people voluntarily engage with ads. Facebook has none of the fingerspitzengefuhl; they can't reproduce that.
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that's not to say they're immune—SNOW has already eaten their lunch in many east-asian markets, and they probably won't win those back.
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Hmm you may have convinced me to place a counterintuitive bet on snap
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I find that hard to believe. It's: - the highest volume way most people my age / younger interact - the only one that will bear ads
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Yes but you'll grow older. If it's a fundamentally young market, it may not age with you and market may have a value ceiling.
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I reflexably write off "chat" because no one has ever monetized that ridiculously high engagement; I rightly or wrongly put Snap in that bin
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