Researchers Mock Prophet as Branded Bayesian Regression That Destroyed Zillow
ben_j_radford · x · 2026-09-25
A snarky but pointed thread on canned time-series tools: critics argue Meta's Prophet is essentially branded Bayesian linear regression with trends, changepoints, seasonality, and exogenous predictors that racked up massive citations, cite its role in Zillow's downfall, and warn that benchmarked models rarely match your actual problem domain.
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