Why Copying is So Effective

we live in a world where Innovation is highly prized yet replication often holds the secret to success the similarities between Mark Zuckerberg's new app threads and Twitter are so striking that Zuck acknowledged it in a tweet Elon Musk who bought Twitter for 44 billion is now threatening to sue meta over threads his lawyer accused it of using Twitter's trade secrets from ex-employees which meta denies tech companies borrowing ideas from each other goes back decades in the 90s netscape's Navigator was a go-to browser enjoying an 80 market share Microsoft noticed and introduced Internet Explorer which appeared to mimic Navigator's features Microsoft offered it for free within the Windows operating system whereas Netscape initially charged users by the early 2000s Internet Explorer dominated the browser market today in the social media Arena imitation is everywhere YouTube launched The Tick Tock copycat shorts Snapchat mirrored Tick Tock with Spotlight to Twitter spaces Drew inspiration from the audio chat room app Clubhouse Zuckerberg has a long history of copying a good idea when he sees one this is our company's DNA he cloned Tick-Tock in the form of Instagram reels Snapchat stories were suddenly Instagram stories he introduced Slack's Emoji reactions and mentions into Facebook if we go back even further former Harvard classmates of Zuckerberg's the Winklevoss twins sued Zuckerberg claiming he stole the idea for Facebook from them the case inspired the movie The Social Network we came up with an idea for a website called Harvard connection and we've since changed the name to connect to you and Mark Zuckerberg stole that idea I understand kind of asking what you want me to do about it the brothers accepted a settlement in the form of cash and Facebook stock NOW meta stock currently worth hundreds of millions of dollars copying is effective because if an idea has been successful for one company there's a good chance it will succeed elsewhere and we are calling it it's iPhone an example is how smartphone manufacturers adopted Apple's iPhone design after its success copying minimizes Risk by leveraging the research and testing already undertaken by the innovators products are features that are already familiar also require a less mental effort to use or understand when Amazon introduced one-click ordering in 1997 it revolutionized the online shopping experience this allowed Shoppers to purchase anything with a single click using a pre-setup payment method Apple recognized the value of this user-friendly feature in licensed Amazon's one-click patent and by copying an existing idea or product there's a chance to improve it when Instagram stories added pause rewind and fast forward features to its Snapchat clone it ended up surpassing Snapchat's user base so although imitation isn't new the scrutiny surrounding meta's threads could be attributed to zuck's Public Image a third of Americans already have an unfavorable view of him according to a 2022 poll by the company morning consult public perception has been affected by controversies stemming from Facebook's Revenue model which involves selling information collected about its users to allow advertisers to Target them when I analyze the Privacy labels from Apple's app store it's evident that threads collects more information than Twitter including data characterized as sensitive info according to Apple that includes racial or ethnic data sexual orientation religious and philosophical beliefs political opinion or biometric data which includes fingerprints and facial recognition data a 19 year old Zuckerberg once called people who handed over their data dumb shortly after he launched Facebook from his Harvard dorm room here's the instant message exchange between Zuckerberg and a friend from 2004 leaked to the tech site silicon alley Insider yeah so if you ever need info about anyone at Harvard just ask I have over 4 000 emails pictures addresses social networking sites what how'd you manage that one people just submitted it I don't know why they trust me dumb when asked about these messages Zuckerberg said he absolutely regretted them telling the New Yorker I think I've grown and learned a lot but now millions of users are willingly handing over vast amounts of personal information to Zuckerberg 30 million people signed up for threads on the first day making it the most rapidly downloaded social media app in history outstripping chat gbt part of the draw may be that people can easily Sun up through their pre-existing Instagram account with a click of a button the zekcall threads the beginning of something special their speculation threads is part of his wider plan to build the metaverse because it promises to work with decentralized platforms which is in line with meta's vision for the metaverse a seamless online ecosystem where interactions are not limited to one specific platform like Facebook however not all of Zuckerberg's apps have succeeded remember when Facebook launched lasso me neither Facebook's answer to Tick-Tock failed miserably a year and a half after launch Facebook's Pinterest competitor hobby also shut down and plenty of Twitter copycats have struggled to maintain their traction when Zuckerberg said that the threads team is focusing on kindness in making this a friendly Place some worried this was code for censorship the main motivation for Elon Musk to buy Twitter was because the Tesla and SpaceX CEO felt freedom of speech was being stifled under previous leadership what makes it all the more interesting is that this Tech Duo might spill out into the real world musk and Zuckerberg May square off in a UFC fight Zuckerberg is a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Enthusiast musk recently spent time training with UFC Legend George Saint Pierre who posted a photo on Twitter of their session speaking of Twitter why not give news think a follow I'm now posting my full videos on Twitter and you'll have a ringside seat to all the actions speaking of ringside the Italian government has reportedly given the green light for the fight to take place in Rome's Coliseum as Mark Twain once said truth is Stranger Than Fiction without the work of brilliant Engineers none of these social media platforms would be possible that level of technical skill is something we should all strive to cultivate and there's no better place to start than with my sponsor brilliant brilliant helps you improve your math data science and computer science skills in an interactive way I take a few minutes out of my day to brush up on my analytical thinking skills by going through their logic puzzles in the new how technology Works course you can explore topics like how recommendation algorithms know what content you'll like there are thousands of lessons from the basics to Advanced topics you can try brilliant for free for 30 days by signing up with my custom link in the description brilliant.org newsthink in the first 200 people who sign up using my custom 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Keywords: zuck, zuckerberg, meta, metaverse, threads, twitter, elon musk, musk, x corp, mark zuckerberg, mark zuckerberg mma, mark zuckerberg vs elon musk

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Length: 7min 13sec (433 seconds)

Published: Thu Jul 13 2023