Instagram, TikTok, and the Three Trends

Trends in medium, AI, and user interaction underpin Instagram’s response to TikTok, and will determine Meta’s long-term moat.

Snap Earnings, Instagram Versus the Kardashians

Snap’s earnings were bad on the surface, and worse in the details; there may, though, be some good news for Meta, both in terms of advertising and also the evolution of Instagram.

DALL-E, the Metaverse, and Zero Marginal Content

Machine-learning generated content has major implications on the Metaverse, because it brings the marginal cost of production to zero.

Regulators and Reality

The FTC’s new Facebook case isn’t any better than the old one, even as there are ever more questions about the potential harm of regulatory interference

Instagram’s Evolution

Instagram’s shift away from being a photo-sharing app is very much inline with the service’s continuous evolution.