Lillian Sheng

The process of kneeling, worshipping and calling Simba their father, despite the patriarchal and feudal overtones that are so distasteful in modern times, is a form of a "digital twin birth" process. After being introduced to Simba's fans, Simba became the literal "father" of their "digital twin", and the anchors became "siblings" overnight. &... See more

What New Twitter Should Build The Open It Up camp argues that Twitter should go back to the way things were: open up the API and the microservices.

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Why is Instagram pushing Reels so hard? The secular shift to video is scary on its own, but that’s actually easy compared to the other big trend Zuckerberg sees coming: algorithms showing you content from people you don’t follow. Facebook is massively behind TikTok and YouTube on this one.

To ensure that level of accountability, Magic Eden has a comprehensive screening process for new hires. Before every new person joins, they do a one-week work trial at the company, during which they’re onboarded and work alongside the rest of the team. This approach has been successful—the team is now over 100 people.

It’s important to remember that customers like using products based on standards because doing so offers them choice and data portability. If a standards-based product happens to break through market fragmentation, it’s important to maintain the benefits users got from the standard in the first place, otherwise you risk alienating your users and lo... See more

The livestreamers think the early ideas, planning and execution were their own. In this view, the MCNs only swooped in with some operational and business support at the last minute. Why should they take the lion’s share of the profits if a livestreamer becomes popular?