Watching Meta under Zuckerberg feels like reliving my days in the flailing newspaper business

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Why much of the recent Facebook news and related Meta headlines remind one writer about working in the dying newspaper business.

The “Like” sign, seen at Facebook’s headquarters. Image source: Chris Tuite/imageSPACE/MEGA

No matter how bad the Facebook news has gotten over the years, the company’s leadership could at least always rest assured that its juggernaut of an ad machine will continue to essentially print money.Along those lines, there is absolutely nothing enjoyable or useful about scrolling through the Stories carousel at the top of Instagram or the main Facebook app and getting inundated every five seconds with a random and completely irrelevant ad for something like a plumber.

 

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