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Billions of dollars for <200k users is a "good start"?

TikTok, BeReal, Gas, and even Meta's social networks (FB, IG, and WhatsApp) all performed at least an order of magnitude better than that for the amount of money spent.

Imagine any other video game spending that budget and selling less than a million copies. It would be the laughing stock of the industry.



I believe the parent poster may be referring to this being a good start to facebook failing, not a good start for their VR project.


Yep. For those who haven’t heard it, there’s an old joke that goes something like:

“What do you call 500 lawyers at the bottom of the ocean? A good start!”

Yes, it’s tasteless, but it gives the context within which I interpreted the parent comment.




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