[viscanti]

Zuck renamed the company Meta, partially because of a deep believe in the Metaverse (perhaps it's too early to call it, but it seems misguided) and partially because of massive amounts of negative press they were getting because of pretty toxic decisions that he was ultimately responsible for at Facebook. I love that he's passionate about AI and that he's supporting the release of somewhat open source models. But it seems a stretch to call him the best right now.

[stingraycharles]

He’s passionate about whatever the current fad is. A few years ago it was the metaverse, now it’s LLMs, and maybe in a few years it’ll be something else.

They have the same problem as Google, an initial cash cow and not really able to invent something new, which leaves them very vulnerable to shifts in market behavior (TikTok) or other things.

I don’t think he’s a great leader, there’s a reason why Sandberg was so important to the company.

[efrank3]

I disagree. He created the VR fad by buying oculus and he was the first tech CEO to attend NeurIPS back in 2014.

[nradov]

There have been at least two VR fads before the current one. Maybe this one will last. But it's still tough to convince regular people to don VR goggles which make them look like dorks and mess up their hair.

[germinalphrase]

More than that, the problem was - and is - motion sickness.

[fire_lake]

Yep. Has everyone forgotten the chat bit fad around 2016? They did a whole press conference about it.

[burningChrome]

>> They have the same problem as Google, an initial cash cow and not really able to invent something new.

Which I would also add means they chase fads and have to buy their way into these developing markets, hoping they essentially find their own "facebook" to invest in that then hits big.