Amaphuzu Abalulekile
- I-Meta Verified izosatshalaliswa e-Australia naseNew Zealand kuleli sonto.
- Inqwaba yokubhaliselwe ye-Instagram ne-Facebook ihlanganisa nokuvikela okwengeziwe ekuzenzeni ongeyena.
- Imizamo yokwethula insizakalo efanayo enkundleni yezokuxhumana eyimbangi ye-Twitter ngonyaka odlule ibhuntshile kakhulu.
Umnikazi we-Facebook kanye ne-Instagram u-Meta uzokwethula insizakalo yokubhalisa ekhokhelwayo eqala ku-$ 17.45 ngenyanga evumela abasebenzisi ukuthi baqinisekise ama-akhawunti abo, i-CEO uMark Zuckerberg umemezele ngeSonto, kulandela isinyathelo esifanayo sika-Elon Musk ku-Twitter.
I-Meta Verified, ezokhishwa okokuqala e-Australia naseNew Zealand kuleli sonto, izovumela abasebenzisi ukuthi baqinisekise “i-akhawunti ene-ID kahulumeni, bathole ibheji eliluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka, bathole ukuvikeleka okwengeziwe kokuzenza ongeyena kuma-akhawunti athi ungawe, futhi bathole ukufinyelela okuqondile kumakhasimende. ukwesekwa,” kusho uMnu Zuckerberg.
“Lesi sici esisha simayelana nokukhulisa ubuqiniso nokuphepha kuzo zonke izinsiza zethu,” ebhala esitatimendeni esithunyelwe ku-akhawunti yakhe ye-Facebook.
Ngeke kube khona izinguquko kuma-akhawunti ku-Facebook naku-Instagram asevele aqinisekisiwe, kusho inkampani, yengeza ngokuthi abasebenzisi abangaphezu kweminyaka engu-18 kuphela abazovunyelwa ukubhalisa. Isevisi ayikatholakali emabhizinisini.
Akuzange kucace ngokushesha ukuthi uMnu Zuckerberg uhlele kanjani ukwenza intengo ye-Meta Verified emazweni lapho abasebenzisi bengakwazi ukukhokha u-$17.45 ngenyanga, noma emnothweni osekelwe ngemali lapho bengase babe nezindlela ezimbalwa zokuthola imali ku-Meta.
Imizamo yokuqala kaMnu Musk yokwethula insizakalo efanayo enkundleni yezokuxhumana eyizimbangi i-Twitter ngonyaka odlule yaphumelela kabi ngochungechunge oluyihlazo lwama-akhawunti omgunyathi asabisa abakhangisi futhi abangela ukungabaza ngekusasa lesayithi.
Uphoqeleke ukuthi ayimise kancane le mizamo ngaphambi kokuthi ayiqale kabusha ekwamukelweni okuthulile ngoDisemba.
‘Sikhululekile’?
I-Facebook isize ukusungula imodeli ehamba phambili yezinkundla ezinkulu ku-inthanethi namuhla, ebona abasebenzisi bezuza kumasevisi “amahhala” aqoqa idatha yabo yomuntu siqu ukuze bayithengisele abakhangisi.
Kuyimodeli ezuze inkampani, kanye nabanye abavelele kwezokukhangisa njenge-Google, amashumi ezigidigidi zamaRandi ngonyaka kule minyaka engamashumi amabili edlule.
Iminyaka eminingi ikhasi eliyisiqalo le-Facebook lamemezela ngokuziqhenya ukuthi isayithi “likhululekile futhi lizohlala likhona.”
Kepha ngo-2019 inkampani yasishiya buthule isiqubulo. Ngaleso sikhathi ochwepheshe baphakamisa ukuthi kwakungenxa yokuthi inani ledatha yomuntu siqu yabasebenzisi lalisho ukuthi isayithi alikaze “likhululeke ngempela.”
Ngo-2022, i-Meta yabona ukwehla kwemali engenayo ngezikhangiso okokuqala ngqa kusukela iqembu elizinze eCalifornia laphumela obala ngo-2012.
Le nkampani isanda kumemezela ukuthi isibalo sabasebenzisi be-Facebook nsuku zonke sishaye izigidigidi ezimbili okokuqala – kodwa phakathi kokwehla kwamandla emali kusabelomali sabakhangisi kanye nokuncintisana okushubile okuvela kuzinhlelo zokusebenza ezifana ne-TikTok, labo basebenzisi abangenisi imali eningi njengakuqala.
Ukubuka okusemoyeni kwendlunkulu ye-Meta (Facebook) eMenlo Park, eCalifornia. Umthombo: U-Getty / Tayfun Coskun
Le nkampani iphinde yahlushwa yizinguquko zokulawula ezethulwe umenzi we-iPhone u-Apple, ovimbela ikhono lezinkundla zokuxhumana lokuqoqa idatha nokudayisa ukukhangisa.
Izici ezifanayo sezivele ziphushe amanye amanethiwekhi, ukusuka eReddit kuya ku-Snapchat kanye naku-Twitter, ukuthi ethule izinhlelo ezikhokhelwayo.
I-Meta nayo ingaphansi kwengcindezi yokwenza ukugembula okukhulu ku-metaverse, umhlaba wamaqiniso abonakalayo uMnu Zuckerberg akholelwa ukuthi kuzoba umngcele olandelayo ku-inthanethi.
Abatshalizimali ngonyaka odlule bajezisa i-Meta, behlisa inani lentengo lenkampani ngokumangazayo ngezingxenye ezimbili kwezintathu phakathi nezinyanga eziyi-12, kodwa isitoko siphinde sathola enye inhlabathi ngo-2023.
IMeta yamemezela ngoNovemba ukuthi izodiliza abasebenzi abangu-11 000 noma amaphesenti angu-13 abasebenzi bayo – okuyisibalo esikhulu kunazo zonke sokunciphisa izisebenzi emlandweni wenkampani.
Ukudilizwa kwabasebenzi kuyingxenye yegagasi lokudilizwa okumenyezelwe yiziqhwaga zaseSilicon Valley ezinyangeni ezisanda kwedlula, njengoba lo mkhakha owawungenakuphikiswa ubhekene nobunzima bomnotho.
I-Meta Verified izobiza kuwebhu kunezinhlelo zokusebenza zeselula ngenxa yamakhomishini athathwe i-Apple ku-iPhone noma i-Google kuma-smartphones asetshenziswa uhlelo lwayo lwe-Android.
UMnu Zuckerberg uthe kuzobiza u-$17.45 kuwebhu, kanye no-$21.82 ngenyanga ku-iOS noma ku-Android.
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