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The Tinderization of the Internet
So to answer your question: it’s early. We are barely a decade into the modern era. The most popular applications are early and, I would argue, fundamentally flawed. Take Twitter, which is probably the most visible example of both the good and bad of the modern internet. On the good side: I can look down on my phone and see the most interesting tho... See more
Chris Dixon • Words With Web 3’s King: An Interview With Chris Dixon
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- Now that there are billions of people online, it’s much easier to connect with individuals who share your same interests
Chris Best • Writers Writing, Readers Reading, Creators Creating
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- Now that there are billions of people online, it’s easier than ever to connect with those who share your same interests
Chris Best • Writers Writing, Readers Reading, Creators Creating
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That changed when social networking became social media around 2009, between the introduction of the smartphone and the launch of Instagram. Instead of connection—forging latent ties to people and organizations we would mostly ignore—social media offered platforms through which people could publish content as widely as possible, well beyond their
... See moreIan Bogost • The Age of Social Media Is Ending
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
The whole idea of social networks was networking : building or deepening relationships, mostly with people you knew. How and why that deepening happened was largely left to the users to decide.
Ian Bogost • The Age of Social Media Is Ending
Social media should inherently be social. It should be used not just for seeing your high school friend’s baby pics, but for joining communities and making new friends.
Jason Levin • Decentralized friendships
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