The Social Epoch
Humans love to communicate; that makes social the dominant technology of this epoch.
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There are two types of social networks, and Facebook wants to be both. The problem is that the company already chose public sharing over private communication.
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First came the PC, and on top of the PC the Internet. Then, mobile, but what will rule mobile?
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Messaging is a completely new kind of social networking that is uniquely enabled by mobile.
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An Interview with Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg About AI and the Evolution of Social Media
An interview with Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg about Llama and the AI opportunity, the evolution of social medial, and what it means to connect.
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Meta v. FTC, The Three Facebook Eras, Video Slop and Market Forces
The FTC’s case against Facebook doesn’t make sense because it conflates three distinct Facebook eras, and today’s era is very much defined by competition.
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An Interview with Eugene Wei About Twitter, Threads, and Taylor Swift
An interview with Eugene Wei about Elon Musk’s critical mistake with Twitter, the questionable prospects for Threads, and what Taylor Swift and other communal experiences say about the commoditization wrought by technology.
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Threads and the Social/Communications Map
Understanding Threads and its threat to Twitter means understanding the current landscape of social media.
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Facebook Political Problems
Facebook’s political problems stem directly from its size and drive for growth; they are societal issues, not antitrust ones.
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Tech Epochs and the App Store Trap
Centralized control is useful at the beginning of an economy, but limits innovation in the long run. That is as true for China as it is for the App Store.
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Clubhouse’s Inevitability
Clubhouse will do for audio what Twitter, Instagram Stories, and TikTok did for text, images, and video.
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Social Networking 2.0
Facebook and Twitter represent the v1 of Social Networking; it’s a bad copy of the analog world, whereas v2 is something unique to digital, and a lot more promising.
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Tech Goes to Washington
Facebook, Google, and Twitter testified before a Senate committee: it provided evidence of how tech prefers power over decentralization, even if it means regulation
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Trustworthy Networking
The problems Facebook are facing today are the result of running into the future without considering unintended consequences, much like Microsoft and the Internet. There are clear solutions for the ad problem, but the filter bubble issue is much more fraught.