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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg once considered deleting everyone’s Facebook friends in an effort to boost the social network’s cultural relevance

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Mark Zuckerberg once considered deleting everyone's Facebook friends in an effort to boost the social network’s cultural relevance.

The idea was that forcing everyone to re-create their friend graphs could encourage users to reconnect with the network as they rebuild their social connections.

Others at Meta , including the head of Facebook , pushed back on the plan.

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