Mark Zuckerberg Says He Enjoys 'Being Doubted' (businessinsider.com) 38
Mark Zuckerberg said he enjoys "being doubted" in a new interview. From a report: The Meta CEO talked about where the company is now, and what's new for the metaverse, the big pivot he's currently leading his company through. Compared to building Facebook from the ground up, which he noted reached a billion users 10 years ago, growing the metaverse on top of an already built platform is "a lot easier."
"I enjoy being doubted," Zuckerberg said, talking about building something over time. When Heath asked Zuckerberg how he still enjoys being doubted and why, Zuckerberg said he thinks "it gets a little comfortable" if "too many people get or think what you're doing is obviously going to happen." Zuckerberg said getting hate is different from being doubted, and that one of the difficult things about running his company and being a public person on the internet is separating constructive criticism and "people who are just haters." But, he said, listening to criticism can be useful. "If you tune out everyone who thinks that you're not doing something right, then you're going to miss a lot of really valuable signals to do stuff better than you're doing it today," Zuckerberg said. "So you want to not ignore critique, but at the same time, I just think that there are a lot of people who actually aren't trying to help and aren't trying to make things better." Further reading: Mark Zuckerberg Says Waking Up Every Day as CEO of Meta is Like Getting Punched in the Stomach.
"I enjoy being doubted," Zuckerberg said, talking about building something over time. When Heath asked Zuckerberg how he still enjoys being doubted and why, Zuckerberg said he thinks "it gets a little comfortable" if "too many people get or think what you're doing is obviously going to happen." Zuckerberg said getting hate is different from being doubted, and that one of the difficult things about running his company and being a public person on the internet is separating constructive criticism and "people who are just haters." But, he said, listening to criticism can be useful. "If you tune out everyone who thinks that you're not doing something right, then you're going to miss a lot of really valuable signals to do stuff better than you're doing it today," Zuckerberg said. "So you want to not ignore critique, but at the same time, I just think that there are a lot of people who actually aren't trying to help and aren't trying to make things better." Further reading: Mark Zuckerberg Says Waking Up Every Day as CEO of Meta is Like Getting Punched in the Stomach.
wtf (Score:3)
Not news.
Re: wtf (Score:2)
I don't doubt (Score:3, Insightful)
I don't doubt I will never use meta, just like I have never used FB or IG or Whatzup.
Does he also enjoy being a douche? (Score:3, Insightful)
So he must be ecstatic (Score:3)
Being doubted by 8 billion people.
Say hello to tom (Score:1)
Orgasmic... (Score:2)
Hundreds of millions of doubters give the Zucker "enjoyment"...
I doubt Zuck has any ethics or morals (Score:3)
Does that count?
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Really? (Score:2)
making things better (Score:3, Insightful)
> I just think that there are a lot of people who actually aren't trying to help and aren't trying to make things better
Yes Mark, look in the mirror and you can find one of those people.
Not clear on the value add (Score:2)
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Let's face it, VR/AR is a nice gimmick, but that's it. When it comes to efficiency, it sucks. Big time. Moving a mouse cursor and typing beats flailing around in thin air.
For reference, check any game that is available as VR and as mouse/keyboard or controller input.
We put up with it in games because we enjoy the immersion and the challenge of having to deal with "real" inputs. This is not the case when it comes to work. When I work, I want to get shit done as quickly and efficiently as possible.
And VR is d
Re:Not clear on the value add (Score:4, Informative)
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When it comes to efficiency, [VR] sucks.
VR may turn out to be a dud for a lot of things. I enjoy it for games, and it has a lot of strengths there.
I created a proof of concept VR program for database design, and found it to have a lot of potential. Arranging visual blocks via VR controllers is a LOT more efficient, effective, and natural than doing the same thing with a keyboard and mouse. I'll never finish it, for lack of time, but it occurred to me that the VR productivity experience is so new that the metaphors are in their infancy.
We're still
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I created a proof of concept VR program for database design, and found it to have a lot of potential. Arranging visual blocks via VR controllers is a LOT more efficient, effective, and natural than doing the same thing with a keyboard and mouse.
You're solving the wrong problem. It's not manipulating the blocks that's the issue. Its that the blocks exist at all. No one wants to make things that way. It's slow and tedious.
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Software guy (Score:2)
The metaverse is fundamentally a hardware problem, but Facebook is attacking it from a software angle. They need to invest instead on hardware, like high frame-rate eye-tracking. 70+ppd displays (8K per eye) .. things like that. Instead they are trying to buy cheap off the shelf parts and using software tricks to make it work.
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The metaverse is a solution desperately looking for a problem it can actually solve instead of create.
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The problem it is solving is telepresence, virtual tourism, and immersive entertainment. Being able to experience what it's like to sit in the Pantheon and look at the Oculus, with an Oculus. And then there's porn in VR. Of course none of these are possible with today's VR headsets because of the low visual quality.
Re: Software guy (Score:2)
Well I didnâ(TM)t like qvga resolution phones and also didnâ(TM)t like small screen phones but now I am happy with phone sizes and display resolution . For reference, here is a comment of mine from 2005: https://m.slashdot.org/thread/... [slashdot.org]
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Technology that doesn't exist is great. It can do pretty much anything you want.
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The metaverse is fundamentally a hardware problem, but Facebook is attacking it from a software angle. They need to invest instead on hardware, like high frame-rate eye-tracking. 70+ppd displays (8K per eye) .. things like that. Instead they are trying to buy cheap off the shelf parts and using software tricks to make it work.
I'm extremely skeptical of the metaverse, but the one thing I'll say in it's defence is I'm not using it, and I'm guessing not many people here are using it either.
Perhaps it's a lot better than I (or most armchair quarterbacks) think it is. In that case FB is one of the orgs with the pockets deep enough to keep pushing until it breaks through.
Though most likely it will be a complete flop, and whoever does win the VR war won't be FB.
No, Mark, we're trying to make things better (Score:2)
We're trying to get rid of you, that should definitely make things better.
To paraphrase an old Dilbert strip... (Score:2)
"A good leader must be willing to be doubted."
"You must be a GREAT leader."
What does he sound like? (Score:3)
Hey Mark... (Score:4, Insightful)
The corporate world cant wait! (Score:1)
Yep I’ll bet companies around the globe cant wait to conduct all their business in VR with a company known for spying on people and lying about it.
Doesn't work Mark (Score:1)
Who can Zuck steal an idea from now? (Score:2)
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Well, he would say that, wouldn't he (Score:1)
I can't help wondering (Score:1)
self (Score:2)