[chrbarrol]

I agree Facebook events could be a lot better, but have you considered the possibility that Facebook simply does not see any reason to put resources into improving the feature?

Instead of assuming some conspiratorial theory that Facebook is deliberately sabotaging their own product, I think the much simpler explanation is that Facebook events work "well enough" that Facebook does not see any reason to invest resources into improving it.

Facebook events are probably one of the oldest features on the site, and from my personal experience working in big product orgs, these old, "working" features are often left to rot until the org sees a reason to invest into them again. (Such as a competitor threatening to steal their marketshare) I assume the events team is quite "barebone" if it even exists and Facebook probably thinks their engineers/UX developers are better spent elsewhere.

[AHappyCamper]

There is every reason to invest in good UX and good UI. For one, FB could monetize Events in many ways. Secondly, I just don't believe that there is a good reason for bad UX.