What incredible problem did FB/Meta solve with the Marketplace, anyone care to elaborate? What did they (this guy do) that was not there before or else hard to conceive?
>What incredible problem did FB/Meta solve with the Marketplace
They adapted something that people were already using in great numbers, and provided a good interface for an extra hot flow without compromising what facebook was. (so that people would keep using facebook for this purpose, and not go to another platform with a dedicated workflow, e.g. craigslist or freecycle)
So they did actually provide value to end users here, and arguably captured some for themself too. I know the last n times I've opened facebook have been exclusively for buy/sell groups
Well my ask is in the context of narrative as presented by author in his blog post. This super productive guy writing code blindfolded seems to have reinvented the wheel in a very mature environment… not quite a breakthroughs business, even if we can assume certain level of engineering feat. Which is also not unheard of at time of release.
They adapted something that people were already using in great numbers, and provided a good interface for an extra hot flow without compromising what facebook was. (so that people would keep using facebook for this purpose, and not go to another platform with a dedicated workflow, e.g. craigslist or freecycle)
So they did actually provide value to end users here, and arguably captured some for themself too. I know the last n times I've opened facebook have been exclusively for buy/sell groups