Bosworth: Facebook built history's most efficient monetizing product surface outside search
Andrew 'Boz' Bosworth · Making Meta | Andrew ‘Boz’ Bosworth (CTO) · Mar 3, 2024 · at 36:58
Meta CTO Andrew 'Boz' Bosworth reflects on the historical commercial impact of Facebook's News Feed and advertising platform.
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“And we built like the most efficient monetizing surface in history outside of search, I think.”
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