Mark Zuckerberg hopes so WhatsApp and Messengers it helps bring money and growth to your company, at least until the metaverse can’t. This was stated by the head of Meta in a meeting with employees, to which he had access Reuterswhat “the next big thing” in your business are both courier services. Therefore, they will focus on further monetizing these two platforms.
“We talk a lot about very long-term opportunities like the metaverse, but here’s the reality commercial messaging will likely be the next big pillar of our business as we work to monetize more WhatsApp and Messenger,” Zuckerberg stressed. The head of the company, yes, did not offer details on possible paid features which could also contribute more revenue than the metaverse.
Zuckerberg’s WhatsApp announcement also comes days after he confirmed the layoff of 11,000 employees. That is, 13% of his workforce. Meta’s CEO did not explicitly attribute the layoffs to the metaverse and its failure. However, he stressed that Meta’s income was “much lower than I expected”. Even Mark Zuckerberg he thought that online commerce would have a “permanent acceleration”. However, the acceleration only occurred during the months of the pandemic.
Musk’s intention to build a metaverse that WhatsApp could save, in fact, was born at a time when the pandemic had shown a boom in electronic devices. Even virtual services and platforms that allowed, in a certain way, to connect with anyone from a distance.