[theGeatZhopa]

Social media cancer

May I ask, why is it so important to know? The self description of Meta is quite clear. What Zuckerberg says is not law. It's a plan.

I don't get the importance of knowing what meta is.

[NarcisMirandes]

All the big companies have a very generic, hazy definition of themselves. They all try to do everything. The stock market forces them to grow. So, they go in all directions.

You have a good point, perhaps it does not matter how do they define themselves.

[theGeatZhopa]

The definition is truly not a thing that matters. It's the "verticalicity" and "horizontalicity" of the business. Alphabet is very horizontal because they have erm.. Robots.. Internet search.. erm.. Internet services.. mobiles, cars, ... and much more.

So, what should they even write as self-description?

While vertical parts like Google and everything that has to do with it can be described easily, with horizontal parts it's more difficult.

May be that's a reason why each of the big companies have a generic self-description? It's not feasible to describe each of the vertical parts when one is broad in the horizontal, too. And big companies are mostly broad in the horizontal, too..

[NarcisMirandes]

I see your point. It's interesting, and I had not thought about it.

Apart from that, their lack of clear definition and their expansion vertically and horizontally cause them to lose focus and be less effective.

A small startup with a clear mission and vision seems more attractive and has more possibilities to change everything.