News Feed

also referred to as: newsfeed

5 statements across 1 episodes · 1 bullish · 1 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Oct 28, 2024 by David Rosenthal · said 1 times in 1 episodes since 2024 · across every show →

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Oct 28, 2024 positive

Assertion Contradicted

Rosenthal: Facebook's Newsfeed was the invention of the web feed

“They didn't exist. This was the first one. This was the invention of the feed.”

David Rosenthal Oct 28, 2024 ▶ 2:10:46 Meta (Audio) · Acquired

Oct 28, 2024 negative

Assertion Not yet assessed · timeframe Oct 2024

Rosenthal: News Feed initially hurt Facebook revenue by reducing page views

“Newsfeed actually Significantly hurt Facebook's revenue because where do you think all the page views were coming from and all the refreshes?”

David Rosenthal Oct 28, 2024 ▶ 2:17:19 Meta (Audio) · Acquired

Oct 28, 2024 neutral

Assertion Supported

Facebook Newsfeed Initially Updated via Cron Jobs Due to Memory Limits

“Yeah, it was a cron job because they didn't have enough memory to run it in real time.”

David Rosenthal Oct 28, 2024 ▶ 2:12:41 Meta (Audio) · Acquired

Oct 28, 2024 neutral

Insight

Gilbert: Users react strongly when information switches from pull to push

“People react really strongly when you change the ease of obtaining that information or whether it feels like you are pushing that information out Versus someone is sort of pulling by going to your profile and viewing.”

Ben Gilbert Oct 28, 2024 ▶ 2:16:17 Meta (Audio) · Acquired

Oct 28, 2024 neutral

Assertion Partly supported

Rosenthal: Facebook received 30,000 angry support emails on day one of News Feed

“They get 30,000 angry emails to support on the first day from users who are really upset about this.”

David Rosenthal Oct 28, 2024 ▶ 2:14:43 Meta (Audio) · Acquired

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