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Absolutely. In fact, they have to in order to grow because at their scale, there is no precedent.

Things like React, lots of open source contributions, being one of the leaders in AI, being one of the leaders in VR, making huge strides in data center hardware, delivering internet to underserved regions etc. I could go on and on. They are absolutely innovative and I think anyone who is involved in the technology industry deeply would agree.

The thing that people commonly disagree on is the question "to what meaningful end?".

To that question, I will keep my opinion to myself. Discussion about that on HN often devolve into meaningless shouting matches and people informing others that they left Facebook 2 years ago. It's not the type of discussion I want to be involved in.