All about social networks
shit you should read if you are building or care about how social networks are evolving
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All about social networks
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“This highlights that while Mead and Nelson were right to believe democracy depends on the pluralism that social media has encouraged, current platforms have missed that it also depends on communities achieving coherence and common understanding that empower effective social action, the formation of cultures of belonging, etc.” - Weil & Tang
The illusionary perception that social media has brought us closer has faded. Living a performative life for the Internet is a recipe for emptiness. What has been revealed is that we are alone. We crave connection. Wherever we end up going, we want it to be more real. This means we should probably stop supporting centralized platforms, even if they... See more
According to @mosseri IG usage follows this pattern.
1. DMs
2. Stories
3. Feed
With the more photos and videos being shared in the DMs than either other surface.
How could this information change your creative strategy?... See more
Taylor Holidaytwitter.comvery interesting datapoints on instagram. it's not that 1:1 connection doesn't happen, it's just that it no longer happens in the feed
He is quoted as stating that "Indifference towards people and the reality in which they live is actually the one and only cardinal sin in design.
Dieter Rams - Wikipedia
YouTube is less surprising than its peers, especially TikTok. While the latter has an almost telepathic capacity for serving you a wide variety of content it thinks you’ll like, YouTube is instead a platform designed for long-term buy-in. Creators are less likely to go viral on a one-off video on YouTube than they are on TikTok, but they’re more... See more