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
Ep. 28: The World’s Most Valuable Startup: Bytedance, Maker of Tik Tok & Toutiao — Tech Buzz China
techbuzzchina.com
The natural end state of marketplaces and social media is the eventual shift from user generated supply to professionalized supply/content. They can fight it for some time, but eventually there is no other way to keep scaling (or prevent power users from peeling off)
Kevin Kwoktwitter.comsari and
Still, as Baszucki made clear, the goal is still actual social networking: surely that will always be better than interacting with an AI! Or will it? It seems to me that perhaps the most important constraint on the web — to actually interact with people as if they are, well, people — disappeared a long time ago.
Stratechery by Ben Thompson • Regretful Accelerationism
BitClout founder ‘Diamondhands’ reveals himself and explains why social media as we know it is dead
Nicole LaPortefastcompany.com
The tl;dr? It all comes down to nurturing the network dynamics, not the technical features.
danah boyd • Dear Alt-Twitter Designers: It’s about the network!
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The Evolution of Social Media: Splitting Into Social and Media
Rex Woodburydigitalnative.substack.com