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But if that’s not enough to motivate folks to stop publishing there, I can only hope that the prospect of losing access to their audiences at the merest whim of a Silicon Valley tech bro lights a fire under some asses to move to a platform where they are more likely to to have full ownership of everything they’re entitled to as independent publishe... See more
Substack Is Setting Writers Up For A Twitter-Style Implosion
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Instagram has taken notice. Last year, the head of IG Adam Mosseri said the platform has increasingly shifted resources to DMing, since the biggest growth areas for the app have been DMs and Stories. The grid doesn’t matter anymore. De-feeding your feed doesn’t mean you’re on IG less; it just means you’re probably flicking through Stories or messag... See more
One Thing • 🟧 The disappearing Insta grid
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“Snapchat and BeReal understood this preference shift long ago. And now, scrubbing your feed is a way of taking some control back, refusing to put your past on display. It’s a design choice. Embracing negative space. Making anti-brand the brand. Refusing to participate in the popularity contest and the attention economy.”
But Perplexity also will have a lot to prove. Its success will hinge on its scale, brand safety plans, access to audience insights and targeting effectiveness.
Perplexity must get enough users for marketers to be interested
Perplexity must get enough users for marketers to be interested
Trishla Ostwal • Gen-AI Search Engine Perplexity Has a Plan to Sell Ads
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“I don’t think we’re ready,” Mr. Schmidt said. “This problem is going to get much worse over the next few years. Maybe or maybe not by November, but certainly in the next cycle.”
Experts say technology used to create deepfakes — the result of enormous investment by many of the world’s largest companies — will always outpace technology designed to detect disinformation.
Now, when another device tries accessing the LeMonde site simultaneously with someone else on the account, Capping detects it and asks the user if they want to switch devices. If the user switches devices, they’ll be able to keep reading. However, if it is a second user, the reading experience is degraded.
Paula Felps • LeMonde, FAZ share tips to crack down on subscriber password sharing
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If history tells us anything here, viewers will start gravitating towards less professional video content, not more. Scripted College Humor skits always seem to devolve into random Vines. I mean, just look at Reesa Teesa’s 50-TikTok-long story from last month. Tastes are clearly changing.
Garbage Day • Welcome to the video bloat era
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“What the internet has created is this unstoppable, ever growing economy with zero checks and balances. And so in that sense, there is a really dire need for these types of snark communities,” said Kat Tenbarge, a journalist who covers tech and culture for NBC News. “They’re on the front line protecting people and consumers from what these influenc... See more
Feven Merid • The Reddit pages that investigate influencers
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“Fans are by definition not neutral people,” Stacey Lantagne, a law professor who studies fandom, told me on Wednesday. “You’re not going to be critical of the thing you’re stanning.”
According to documents seen by Israeli news outlet Haaretz, Intellexa presented a proof-of-concept system in 2022 called Aladdin that enabled the planting of phone spyware through online ads. The documents included a demo of the Aladdin system with technical explanations on how the spyware infects its targets and examples of malicious ads: by “seem... See more
Zack Whittaker • Government spyware is another reason to use an ad blocker | TechCrunch
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“They blame big tech without analysing why advertisers actually prefer those products over their own. It’s because they have subpar advertising products to offer brands. That’s a huge challenge that a lot of the media market hasn’t even acknowledged exists.”
Piet van Niekerk • "The death of media is greatly exaggerated”: Insights from media maven Simon Owens
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