Twitter is the only company that's been able to be a viable threat because they can bundle in and aim there again, there are 3 billion person strong cannon. If you pass legislation that said any social media network, if I go through the energy and time of building a follower base, that it's interoperable and it's transferable this one will be apparently. That could be huge as what that says is, okay, Emeta, if you maintain this culture of being mandacious Fox where you decide to ignore the externalities here in exchange for money, I can take my 65,000 followers now import them over to post or mastodon. What Twitter has, the moat around leaving
Kara and Scott discuss actors joining writers on the picket line, and Ticketmaster vs. Taylor Swift fans, again.* Also, Threads hit 100 million users in just five days, does its success give Mark Zuckerberg a chance to atone for the sins of his other products? Or will Elon Musk just drag him down into a *checks notes* “literal dick measuring contest.” Plus, the FTC is on an antitrust losing streak, and a listener disagrees with Kara on nuclear energy.
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*Ticketmaster's statement re: Taylor Swift ticketing in France:
The onsale date and time for Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour in France is being rescheduled and tickets are still available. This sale was disrupted by an issue with a third-party provider and they are working to resolve this matter as soon as possible.
As soon as we saw fans experiencing issues, queues were paused. All codes that were not used to purchase tickets today will remain valid. Fans previously selected to participate in the onsale will be notified directly of the new onsale date and time.
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