Threads proves that social media cannot die
Threads, Meta’s competitor to Twitter, was released last week and quickly became the fastest-growing app in history. But, as Charlie Warzel and Ian Bogost point out, Threads is still jostling with other platforms such as Mastodon and Bluesky to become Twitter’s potential heir. While their differences may appear insignificant, tiny variations among platforms can nurture or destroy certain types of conversation or community-building. Whichever succeeds will have a deep—though sometimes invisible—effect on the ways that we connect.
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1 年As long as there are humans, connect or no connect, social media wouldn't die. But the social, as the jargon and in the lives of humans might die.
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1 年If you are thinking that you'd like to make Mark Zuckerberg richer by posting on Threads, take a peek at the kinds of financial, health, and other personal data you'll be giving him to sell by checking out this Wired article: https://bit.ly/3XN4pJm. As noted in the article, you will share "your race, sexual orientation, pregnancy status, and religion as well as your biometric data.." Also keep in mind that you will expose your contacts. Wondering about Linked In? Find your options here: https://www.dhirubhai.net/mypreferences/d/categories/privacy.
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1 年Social media won't die so long as it creates revenue. Zuckerberg is really good at either successfully copying someone else's idea, stealing it, or if these fail-buying it.