# The #1 reason Facebook won’t ever change – Om Malik

<https://om.co/2018/02/20/the-1-reason-facebook-wont-ever-change/>

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## What Jamie wrote

Om's written about tech for longer than most people and I completely agree with his view of Facebook's DNA. The last line says it all:

> Facebook is about making money by keeping us addicted to Facebook. It always has been — and that’s why all of our angst and headlines are not going to change a damn thing.

## Facts

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## Appears in

- [WT42: Weekly Thing #42 / Feb 24, 2018](https://weekly.thingelstad.com/archive/42/), Social Media

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## Elsewhere

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