Product design question

How would you improve FB profiles and how would you determine its success?

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What this question tests

Product design judgment: identifying what is actually broken in a mature product and defining success.

Users: segment by usage, active social sharers versus people who mainly use FB as an ID or for groups and marketplace.
Pain points: profiles feel static and outdated compared to how people actually present themselves today, more visual, less text.
Prioritize: focus on the segment with the most reach, likely casual users who rarely update profiles.
Solution: lightweight, frequently updated profile elements, like a rotating highlights section or a status-style intro.
Success metric: profile view to interaction rate, and frequency of profile updates per user.
Confirm scope: whether this is about the profile page itself or the broader identity system across FB products.

Identifies a specific stale pattern, like the About section rarely being updated after initial signup.
Proposes a concrete fix, like a lightweight prompt nudging periodic updates tied to life events.
Defines success narrowly, for example a 10 percent increase in monthly profile edits (assumption), not vague engagement.

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