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Wakili wa Elon Alex Spiro ametuma barua kwa Mark Zuckerberg akitishia hatua za kisheria, akidai kuwa Meta iliajiri wafanyakazi wa zamani wa Twitter kuunda App mpya ya Thead.
Hili haishangazi, kwani Moto wa Facebook siku zote imekuwa 'Kwa nini Ubunifu Wakati Unaweza Kuiga'
Tofauti na wabunifu wakuu wa teknolojia, Meta huchukua tu mapungufu ya wengine na kuyaunda upya.
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Twitter haijafurahishwa haswa kuhusu programu ya Meta's Threads , ndugu mpya wa Instagram wa maandishi. Kama Semaforinavyoripoti, Twitter imetishia hatua za kisheria dhidi ya Meta, ikiishutumu kwa ujangili wa wafanyikazi wa zamani na kutumia vibaya siri za biashara na miliki.
"Twitter inakusudia kutekeleza kwa uthabiti haki zake za uvumbuzi, na inadai kwamba Meta ichukue hatua za haraka kuacha kutumia siri zozote za biashara za Twitter au taarifa nyingine za siri sana," Alex Spiro, wakili wa kibinafsi wa Elon Musk , aliandika katika barua kwa Meta . "Twitter inahifadhi haki zote, ikiwa ni pamoja na, lakini sio tu, haki ya kutafuta masuluhisho ya kiraia na afueni ya amri bila taarifa zaidi ili kuzuia uhifadhi wowote zaidi, ufichuzi, au matumizi ya haki miliki yake na Meta."
Spiro, ambaye anafanya kazi kwa niaba ya mzazi wa Twitter X Corp, anadai kuwa Meta imeajiri wafanyakazi kadhaa wa zamani wa Twitter katika mwaka uliopita. Alidai kampuni hiyo "iliwapa kazi kimakusudi" kufanya kazi kwenye Threads "kwa nia mahususi kwamba watumie siri za biashara za Twitter na mali nyingine za kiakili ili kuharakisha maendeleo ya programu shindani ya Meta." Alidai kuwa hii inakiuka sheria za serikali na shirikisho pamoja na majukumu ya wafanyikazi hao kwa mwajiri wao wa zamani. Kwa kuongezea, Spiro alisema Meta hairuhusiwi kufuta data ya Twitter inayohusiana na watu wanaofuata.
Meta imekanusha madai ya Spiro. "Hakuna mtu kwenye timu ya uhandisi ya Threads ambaye ni mfanyakazi wa zamani wa Twitter - hilo sio jambo," mkurugenzi wa mawasiliano wa Meta Andy Stone aliandikakwenye (wapi kwingine?) Threads.
Kwa wakati huu, watumiaji wa Threads wanahitaji kujiandikisha kwa programu na wasifu wao wa Instagram. Ni mchakato rahisi ambao ulisaidia Meta kusajili mamilioni ya watumiaji haraka. Mkurugenzi Mtendaji wa Meta Mark Zuckerberg alisema kuwa watu milioni 30 walikuwa wamejiunga na Threads kufikia Alhamisi asubuhi , zaidi ya saa 12 baada ya programu kuanza kutumika.
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lon's lawyer Alex Spiro sent a letter to Mark Zuckerberg threatening legal action, claiming that Meta hired former Twitter employees to create a clone.
This isn't surprising, as Facebook's Moto has always been 'Why Innovate When You Can Imitate'
Unlike great tech innovators, Meta literally just takes others’ ideas and repackages them.
It is no secret that Meta has a copycat culture, and we know this because a US House Judiciary Committee probe in 2020 revealed emails from April 2012 with Facebook employees stating “copying is faster than innovating,”
Zuckerberg was asked by the Judiciary Committee whether "Facebook ever threatened to clone the products of another company while also trying to acquire that company?”
He responded "not that I recall" (please don't laugh)
Remember when
ElonMusk
was mocked for Twitter Blue, then a few months later Instagram copied the strategy? Old habits die hard.
A QUICK GUIDE TO EXAMPLES OF FACEBOOK'S COPYCAT FAILS:
1) Facebook Check In deals - started in 2011 and closed after 4 months. This was a copy of Groupon and LivingSocial.
2) Facebook Gifts - started in September 2012 and closed after 1 year. This was a copy of the gifting app Karma.
3) Facebook acquired Parse in 2013 but had to shut it down. It was doing well before Facebook bought it
4) Facebook Credits - Users said it was too confusing. Credits were used by many companies like Disney Dining Credits.
5) Facebook Messages with email - this was touted as a "Gmail killer" but it was dropped as it was not popular.
6) Facebook Places - This was similar to Foursquare. In September 2011 it was shut down due to privacy concerns.
7) Facebook Stories - This was a failed copy of Pinterest and Snapchat.
8) Facebook Slingshot - This was a Snapchat imitation that launched in 2014, but it was scrapped in 2015.
9) Facebook Poke - This was probably the first Snapchat feature imitation, launched in December 2012 but pulled in 2014.
MY THOUGHTS:
Firstly, I hope Twitter proceed with their lawsuit as someone needs to stand-up to Meta's vulture-like approach to business: Acquiring competitors or destroying them by copying their product.
But at the same time, I do NOT think Meta is a threat to Twitter.
Twitter and Meta are FUNDAMENTALLY DIFFERENT
It's not about functionality, it's about each platform's stance on FREE SPEECH.
Both platforms can co-exist, they are NOT mutually exclusive.
The same way Twitter is shifting to 'X', the 'everything app', Meta is expanding so they compete with Twitter. I expect both ecosystems to exist a decade from now, with similar apps, but VERY DIFFERENT EXPERIENCES.
This difference makes it impossible for each to copy the other. Twitter will always be the Free Speech Town Hall and no other platform can take away that crown. Certainly not Meta.
So you simply need to ask yourself: How important is Free Speech to you?
META vs TWITTER, who comes out on top?
