Meta insiders detail a return to “OG Mark” and how staff secretly toiled away to determine how to create a Twitter-like service that fit with the company's apps
Wall Street Journal Salvador Rodriguez
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Discussion
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@epro.social
Emil Protalinski
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I guess “OG Mark” is slightly better than “metaverse Mark” [embedded post]
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@sal19
@sal19
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Here's my latest on the Meta beat: Inside of Meta, the uber successful launch of Threads has managed to turn employee morale around https://www.wsj.com/...
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@zorbadgreek
George Perantatos
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Nothing like a waffling competitor, an aggressive date, and an MVP / MLP to motivate a team. https://www.wsj.com/...
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@mattnavarra
Matt Navarra
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Zuckerberg Channeled ‘OG Mark’ to Fast-Track Threads “He has become more emboldened, acting intentionally and doing so in a cutthroat manner akin to that of his early years running Facebook, or as some have described it, a return to “OG Mark.” https://www.wsj.com/...
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@firstadopter
Tae Kim
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WSJ: “The official launch of the app was planned for later this month, but Meta decided to move up the date after Musk limited the number of posts Twitter users could view per day.” https://www.wsj.com/...
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@kerrymflynn
@kerrymflynn
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The reason for Threads being codenamed Project 92 inside Meta was because the first text message was sent in 1992, an insider told me months ago https://www.wsj.com/... [image]