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		mattmanser on May 16, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Many software companies are a joke It was Facebook's philosophy and also Twitter used to go down a lot in the early days. So I'm not sure I'd agree with your statement. It depends on your company culture.

Joel_Mckay on May 16, 2022 | [–]

In general, a well planned API allowed Facebook to integrate a lot of 3rd party features to attract more users. Simply put, a messy standard is still a standard.

ethbr0 on May 16, 2022 | [–]

Both are in a strong first mover / network effect industry (social). It's definitely an optimization in certain cases.

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