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This is how it's acknowledged. A company does not communicate mistakes directly because that would reduce shareholder value.

It looks like they don't acknowledge mistakes at all.

If the layoffs are in the “metaverse” units. If they’re not then aren’t they just doubling down?

They will just slowly lay off the metaverse teams and then we won't hear about it as much and then never again.

Doesn't Z still own a controlling amount of voting shares?

User growth looking good:

Zuckerberg cannot be fired by the board like, say, Elon Musk can be at Tesla. He is a 50%+ shareholder.

Never: Zuck owns the company (he owns a majority share), so he can't be forced out.