Facebook's new and improved iOS app is live, but employees at the social network aren't reaping the benefits. According to a report from Business Insider, the company's worker-bees have been encouraged and in some cases outright ordered to switch to Android phones, precisely because Facebook's Android app is so bad.
Apparently not uncommon at tech companies, "dogfooding" (as in "eat your own dog food") is a clever way to incentivize product improvements.
And it totally works by the way: I worked at a summer camp once driving this pontoon boat that broke down every single day, forcing me to row grumpy kids back to shore against the wind. One day the owner of the camp came out on the lake with me: I killed the motor on purpose and offered him the oars. Boat was fixed that week.
So rejoice Android users! Facebook's design team feels your pain, because their bosses are making them. A platform-native update similar to the one iOS users got yesterday should be on its way soon.
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