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What ‘The Social Dilemma’ misunderstands about social networks

The Verge

Directed by Jeff Orlowski, The Social Dilemma explores the effect of smartphones and social networks on human behavior. I started writing this newsletter in 2017 after coming to the belated realization that social networks really did have an outsized impact on modern life, and deserved to be taken as seriously.

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Seattle’s newest unicorn: Rec Room raises $100M as social gaming popularity fuels big growth

GeekWire

We are one of many, and we’re excited to add a consumer social company to that mix.” Year-over-year revenue growth of 566% was fueled in part by the pandemic and trends toward social gatherings online. Gaming company or social company? I think in a lot of ways gaming is the new social.”

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Telepath is a buzzy new social network trying to fix what’s broken on Twitter

The Verge

In July, amid the rise of the buzzy audio-only social network Clubhouse, some users reported being harassed by other members. The other view, which I took, is that any social product ought to begin with moderation in mind. Of course, easy for me to say: I’m not building a social app. As always, there are tradeoffs.

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Facebook VP disputes report claiming the platform knows about multiple flaws it doesn’t fix

The Verge

Facebook’s vice president of global affairs criticized a series of stories by the Wall Street Journal that reported the social network is aware of numerous problems across its platforms that cause harm to users, but does little to fix them.

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How Twitter impacts media and journalism: Five Fundamental Factors

Trends in the Living Networks

One of the most interesting issues regarding Twitter is its impact on the media and journalism. I see Five Fundamental Factors on how Twitter impacts media and journalism : 1. In my book Living Networks , released in 2002, I wrote: The brilliant visionary Marshall McLuhan accurately described the media as an extension of our senses.

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Agile Process Improvement Using. Agile! - Social, Agile, and.

Social, Agile and Transformation

Social, Agile, and Transformation. I cover topics for Technologists from CIOs to Developers - agile development, agile portfolio management, leadership, business intelligence, big data, startups, social networking, SaaS, content management, media, enterprise 2.0 Social, Agile, Transformation Pages. social media. (3).

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The mess at Medium

The Verge

Just over two years into an effort to create a subscription-based bundle of publications committed to high-quality original journalism — and in the immediate aftermath of a bruising labor battle that had seen its workers fall one vote short of forming a union — Williams offered buyouts to all of its roughly 75 editorial employees.

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