This self-proclaimed adjective was thrown in the mix five separate times within this note in an effort to explain how great the work that FB delivers is (and likely, to imply that the negativity applied to FB in the public eye is unfair).
Saying Facebook is "industry-leading" with respect to social media and technology is like saying Priscilla is your favorite wife, dude.
Put your money where your mouth is, or you'll likely continue to lose it as various outlets reported this week.
I think you're missing some key nuance. Zuck mentions the research as industry leading because the research has uncovered something deeply embarrassing for Facebook.
It's relevant that this is "industry leading" because no one else has done this work. The implication is that the same patterns at Facebook are likely true with other forms of media.
Other researchers don’t have free access to the same data, so their own research is industry leading by default :) Anyway, the term is intended to be used as PR to appeal to the media, I assume, than to be really accurate.
This self-proclaimed adjective was thrown in the mix five separate times within this note in an effort to explain how great the work that FB delivers is (and likely, to imply that the negativity applied to FB in the public eye is unfair).
Saying Facebook is "industry-leading" with respect to social media and technology is like saying Priscilla is your favorite wife, dude.
Put your money where your mouth is, or you'll likely continue to lose it as various outlets reported this week.