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
When a platform is designed to suppress your reach while amplifying extremists, staying isn’t pragmatic. It’s masochistic.
This all fundamentally misunderstands the nature of power on these platforms. Success on social media is about building community. And you can’t build community if someone else has all the control over how that community works.
This all fundamentally misunderstands the nature of power on these platforms. Success on social media is about building community. And you can’t build community if someone else has all the control over how that community works.
Stop Begging. Start Building
I went down a little curiosity rabbit hole today.
Thinking about product offerings for niche communities:
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This is enshittification: Surpluses are first directed to users; then, once they're locked in, surpluses go to suppliers; then once they're locked in, the surplus is handed to shareholders and the platform becomes a useless pile of shit. From mobile app stores to Steam, from Facebook to Twitter, this is the enshittification lifecycle.
Cory Doctorow • The ‘Enshittification’ of TikTok
The past generation of social apps won the market through a playbook:
- building big networks with feeds for discovery
- creating a followers/status competition for engagement
- bringing together creators and audiences
- monetizing with ads
- supporting photo,... See more
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