I guess this is applicable to any social media platform or other similar systems. Is it because there are always bugs to address, so it’s never really running smoothly, or other reasons?
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Technology isn’t perfect. It has errors, flaws, issues. Even as simple as it not being as efficient as it can be. So people are trying to fix those, so that things work better, or continue working even when other people try to attack them.
Those little changes interact with each other, and affect each other. When you have complicated systems, there’s loads of interactions that need to be monitored and maintained. Little change in system x maintained by Anna at MegaCorp means another change is needed in system y maintained by Bob at AwesomeSoft. When Charlie fires Bob, and Anna rolls out a little fix the next day, system y falls over despite nothing in it or anything that organisation runs changing.
That’s in addition to the simple constant maintenance eg hard drives filling up with all the new data being added.
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