A look at POSSE, a decade-old idea that a user should Publish (on your) Own Site and Syndicate Elsewhere, and the challenges of building a system based on that
The platform era is ending. Rather than build new Twitters and Facebooks, we can create a stuff-posting system that works better for everybody.
As the “Bank of Startups”, Silicon Valley Bank collapsed from its exposure to interest-rate risk, a lack of diversity among depositors, and VC herd mentality
an unsecured illiquid claim on a failed bank. Absent @jpmorgan @citi or... https://twitter.com/... Bob Elliott / @bobeunlimited : Fed/FDIC decisions on SVB determine whether they risk a bank run trill...
An investigation into the rise of NSO's Pegasus shows its widespread use by the CIA, UAE, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, and others; the FBI bought but didn't use it
Firstly, welcome to my new blog! (Or is it a “newsletter”?) Tweets: Eva / @evacide : Here I am, having taken to my fainting couch, wearing my finest clutching pearls, because NSO Group has been caugh...
Facebook releases a previously shelved Q1 content transparency report, acknowledging the widespread reach of content casting doubt on COVID vaccines
and making note of some of the components of the story. Benedict Evans / @benedictevans : NY Times: FB shelved Q1 ‘most viewed’ report because of things like this. Six inches further down the page, it...
Facebook Oversight Board upholds Trump's suspension, but asks Facebook to review the decision within six months to determine a penalty consistent with its rules
For Now Kari Paul / The Guardian : Facebook ruling on Trump renews criticism of oversight board Donald J. Trump : Donald Trump calls the actions of “corrupt social media companies” like Facebook, Twit...
Facebook expands a tool to let users export posts and notes to Blogger, Google Docs, and WordPress and calls for new guidelines on data flows between services
#DataLiberation comes to Facebook posts and notes! https://twitter.com/... Mike Masnick / @mmasnick : Data portability is good and important. Now do more... https://twitter.com/... Lance Ulanoff / @la...
Biden campaign steps up its criticism of Facebook, with an open letter to Zuckerberg and petition asking it to strengthen rules on misinformation
#MOVEFASTFIXIT After foreign operatives … Scott Nover / Adweek : Inside the Longshot Campaign to Get Advertisers to Ditch Facebook Ali Breland / Mother Jones : Facebook Employees Consider Work Stoppag...
Sources: ByteDance, which is adding thousands of employees to its 40K staff, expects a net loss of ~$1B in 2018 and revenues of $18B this year and $29B in 2020
Most nights, from around 7 till midnight, Sydney Jade is on TikTok, the smartphone app of the moment. Tweets: @sbanjo , @sbanjo , and @davidramli Tweets: Shelly Banjo / @sbanjo : TikTok is the most po...
Facebook's Dedicated App For The Famous Gains Twitter Sharing, Topics In Timeline
Not all Facebooks are created equal: Facebook Mentions is an app the company released last year that lets celebrities use the social network in a way that's gear for filtering out noise and making fan...