Profile of Adam Mosseri, who sees Project Daisy, which will eliminate public display of Instagram Likes later this year, as a way to “depressurize the app”
or a team—whose job was to care for users, like an ombudsman/chaplain hybrid, focused less on users' technological experience than on the emotional + psychological. https://www.nytimes.com/... Elana Zak / @elanazak : Cute: The effort to get rid of public “likes” on Instagram is referred to internally as “Project Daisy” - as in “Does she love me? Or love me not.” https://www.nytimes.com/... @nytimesbusiness : Mosseri has prioritized efforts to stop bullying, removed photos of self-harm and other safety and integrity measures that Facebook may have been late to, which has won him respect. But it hasn't quieted the larger concerns about the mother ship. https://www.nytimes.com/... Jason Kint / @jason_kint : Top Facebook exec makes antitrust argument why public would benefit if Instagram and Facebook had to compete with each other. “We should have started to more proactively think about how Instagram and Facebook could be abused and mitigate those risks. We're playing catch-up.” https://twitter.com/... @nytimes : He says Instagram has prioritized efforts to stop bullying and remove self-harm photos, and taken other measures that Facebook was late to. But it could still prove to be a ripe platform for election interference in 2020. “We're playing catch-up,” he said. https://www.nytimes.com/... Bradley Leimer / @leimer : A bit too late for that... “what happens when a technology puts the idea of cool in the palm of our hand, tantalizing and taunting us at all hours?” Good read about IG, FB, and the complicated technology tapping into our personalized (and often co-opted) views of self. https://twitter.com/... @nytimes : Adam Mosseri, the head of Instagram, thinks a lot about that episode of “Black Mirror” in which characters rate everyone they interact with on a scale of 1 to 5 stars. https://www.nytimes.com/... Danny Groner / @dannygroner : “Even as criticism of Facebook reverberated and younger users in the United States, in particular, abandoned it, Instagram maintained its image as a safe space to share photos of first birthdays and avocado toast.” https://www.nytimes.com/... Brian Feldman / @bafeldman : gmafb!!!! https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/... Kevin Roose / @kevinroose : oooooof https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
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@amychozick
Amy Chozick on x
I spent a lot of time talking to the head of Instagram about why they're getting rid of likes and how they're trying to avoid mistakes of the parent company, Facebook. https://www.nytimes.com/...
@soleio
@soleio on x
“...if Instagram were a Model T Ford, Mr. @Mosseri is overseeing a period when he will have to start installing seatbelts and airbags and other safety features.” Very well put. https://www.nytimes.com/...
@peterhamby
Peter Hamby on x
love the buried lede here: Facebook & Instagram are copying Snap *again* https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
@amychozick
Amy Chozick on x
I typically profile CEOs when they are in prison (Carlos Ghosn) or have dick pics and an imploding personal life (Jeff Bezos) or have been ousted after hot boxing a corporate jet and blowing through billions (Adam Neumann). So this was a change of pace... https://www.nytimes.com/…
@ayesha_mattu
@ayesha_mattu on x
“But making likes private will be a major shift for Instagram's more than 1 billion users, for whom daily assessment of one another's popularity has become like breathing.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
@jeffchu
@jeffchu on x
Reading this piece on Insta chief Adam Mosseri made me wonder: Imagine if it had someone—or a team—whose job was to care for users, like an ombudsman/chaplain hybrid, focused less on users' technological experience than on the emotional + psychological. https://www.nytimes.com/..…
@elanazak
Elana Zak on x
Cute: The effort to get rid of public “likes” on Instagram is referred to internally as “Project Daisy” - as in “Does she love me? Or love me not.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
@nytimesbusiness
@nytimesbusiness on x
Mosseri has prioritized efforts to stop bullying, removed photos of self-harm and other safety and integrity measures that Facebook may have been late to, which has won him respect. But it hasn't quieted the larger concerns about the mother ship. https://www.nytimes.com/...
@jason_kint
Jason Kint on x
Top Facebook exec makes antitrust argument why public would benefit if Instagram and Facebook had to compete with each other. “We should have started to more proactively think about how Instagram and Facebook could be abused and mitigate those risks. We're playing catch-up.” http…
@nytimes
@nytimes on x
He says Instagram has prioritized efforts to stop bullying and remove self-harm photos, and taken other measures that Facebook was late to. But it could still prove to be a ripe platform for election interference in 2020. “We're playing catch-up,” he said. https://www.nytimes.com…
@leimer
Bradley Leimer on x
A bit too late for that... “what happens when a technology puts the idea of cool in the palm of our hand, tantalizing and taunting us at all hours?” Good read about IG, FB, and the complicated technology tapping into our personalized (and often co-opted) views of self. https://tw…
@nytimes
@nytimes on x
Adam Mosseri, the head of Instagram, thinks a lot about that episode of “Black Mirror” in which characters rate everyone they interact with on a scale of 1 to 5 stars. https://www.nytimes.com/...
@dannygroner
Danny Groner on x
“Even as criticism of Facebook reverberated and younger users in the United States, in particular, abandoned it, Instagram maintained its image as a safe space to share photos of first birthdays and avocado toast.” https://www.nytimes.com/...