I see the optimization problem they face. Promote non-personal content to generate short term revenue versus promote personal content to minimize long-term churn. It looks like their data scientists and business analysts have identified significant risk to pursuing the former and advocate the latter, for now.
In other words this has nothing to do with a return to claimed core values, but a shift in strategy to remain afloat for as long as possible.
In other words this has nothing to do with a return to claimed core values, but a shift in strategy to remain afloat for as long as possible.