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Thompson cites an FTC filing that sums it up well:

Only a fraction of time spent on Meta’s services—7% on Instagram, 17% on Facebook—involves consuming content from online “friends” (“friend sharing”). A majority of time spent on both apps is watching videos, increasingly short-form videos that are “unconnected”—i.e., not from a friend or followed

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11 rules for making life-changing connections

1. No business cards.
   
   This feels obvious, but it’s still worth saying.


2. You cannot, under any circumstance, ask the question: “what do you do?”
   
   If someone asks this question, they may be reported and removed from the party. Instead ask questions like, what is one thing you’re excited to accomplish before the

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