Zuckerberg reportedly OK'd Muse AI lowballing Marketplace sellers: 'we'll poison it…just a little'
nikitabier · x · 2026-09-21
Nikitabier shares an inside anecdote on how much AI matters to Meta: the Muse app launched with a feature that auto-negotiates purchases on Facebook Marketplace, sending millions of bots to lowball sellers — something that could eventually kill the product. The issue was escalated to Zuckerberg, who reportedly replied: "OK, we'll poison Marketplace…but just a little," showing AI strategy trumps individual product health.
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