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Their wordsSmaller, tight-knit communities are less prone to harbouring toxic behaviour; you could think of it as moderation work of the entire network being spread somewhat* between countless administrators of independent but compatible communities, which makes it way more scalable than a single multi-million-user company with a small safety team.
Their wordsFacebook isn't, and can never be, a platform where people have the power to build anything.
Their wordsA future where Facebook is the global social infrastructure, is a future with no refuge from advertising and number crunching.
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