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Filed May 4, 2026
The short version
David Levy predicted on April 16, 2013: “I'm saying this for the third time. Facebook will do search. And [more importantly] they'll do it well.” Verdict: Partially right. Called Apr 16, 2013. Graph Search itself flopped and was effectively retired by 2019, but the underlying claim — that Facebook would build serious search/discovery products — was vindicated by Reels search,…
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David Levy
On April 16, 2013
“I'm saying this for the third time. Facebook will do search. And [more importantly] they'll do it well.”
Follow-up
Called Apr 16, 2013. Graph Search itself flopped and was effectively retired by 2019, but the underlying claim — that Facebook would build serious search/discovery products — was vindicated by Reels search, AI-assisted feed ranking, and Meta AI's in-app search now serving billions of queries. Right thesis, wrong product vehicle.
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