You’re distracted by your potential distribution.
instagram.comYou’re distracted by your potential distribution.
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Austin Kleon
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Most of the social internet has become about building an audience and connecting people to brands and influencers. It’s better understood as a performance by the top 1%, not as a way to exchange knowledge or connect people to one another.
sari azout • Things I'm Thinking About
Social media, ultimately, is mostly just about entertainment, not utility. And that’s just more precarious ground to be on than say, if you were truly a utility-based network. Like if you have a network like Uber or Lyft, I mean, you’re ultimately about getting someone from point A to point B. That’s not really an entertainment-based product. So yo... See more
Eugene Wei • Status Games: Engineering Scarcity in a World of Abundance
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One thing this does is gives a false view of success. Most of what people share is what they want you to see. Skills are advertised, flaws are hidden. Wins are exaggerated, losses are downplayed. Doubt and anxiety are rarely shared on social media. Defeated soldiers and failed CEOs rarely sit for interviews.
collaborativefund.com • How People Think
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Like every human endeavour, every social network is there for a limited duration and will be useful to a limited niche of people. That niche may grow to the point of being huge, like Facebook and WhatsApp. But, to this day, there are more people in the world without an account on Facebook than people with one. Every single social network is only re... See more
Stop Trying to Make Social Networks Succeed
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On the Internet, your rate of learning is limited not by access to information, but by your ability to ignore distractions. The people you follow online is a leading indicator of your success, your health, and your happiness.
David Perell • The Paradox of Abundance - David Perell
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Social media makes more sense when you view it as a place people go to perform rather than a place to communicate.
Morgan Housel • Some Things I Think
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