Christopher Mims on Nostr: Of course, what we used to do on social media -- update friends and family about our ...
Of course, what we used to do on social media -- update friends and family about our lives -- *is* moving to messaging apps.
Hence Meta doubling down on Whatsapp, the rise of group chats, the reason for the turf war over "green bubbles", the tenacity of Snapchat, the rise of Discord.
But "social" media? It's now the place that algorithms push ever more content from a handful of pros, and the rest of us are meant to just applaud and amplify.
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Hence Meta doubling down on Whatsapp, the rise of group chats, the reason for the turf war over "green bubbles", the tenacity of Snapchat, the rise of Discord.
But "social" media? It's now the place that algorithms push ever more content from a handful of pros, and the rest of us are meant to just applaud and amplify.
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