Today's newsletter is about how social networks only succeed by accepting the chaos and weirdness of the human condition - and how Meta's Threads is already unravelling by trying to sell the Kidz Bop of Social Networking. https://tinyurl.com/wyat72123
The problem with making a new social network is that (as I’ve related before) you are only really selling a place. While you can stomp your feet and yell that you’re providing a service and that t...
BlueSky: Trans person makes a joke replying to Jake Tapper, immediately illustrated by comic artist, liked by AOC. Everything gets nine likes. Threads: Ellen DeGeneres hosts a rap battle between Frito-Lay and Cheez-Its riddled with "chedda," avoiding hard-R. The CIA buys all the data.
this part of the apple announcement killed me "because you can see the world around you, you can glance at a notification"
can't wait to be that dweeb watching a movie on this thing in the airport, while my wide eyes stare lifelessly at the person sitting across from me
glad apple made something that will finally fill that hole inside me that needed a screen constantly hugging my face
It's kinda strange how tech people running social platforms see it as some kind of like crusade for free speech instead of like, running a bar.
just got back from may 30, 2023 and this is why @ityslmemes.bsky.social posted about bsky. harrowing
brilliant. https://yourmom.zip
The app actually does a great job. On your home screen, tap your avatar in the top-left corner > Settings > Change my handle