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The Threads Episode: How We Got Here, Meta Obstacles and Advantages, Everyone Hates Twitter (And Uses It Every Day)

Sharp Tech with Ben Thompson

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How to Get People to Sign Up for a Foreign Subscription

Twitter is ripe for a challenge and it certainly looks like it's super clear. I think their subscription product is going to be mired in a tiny, tiny little business that is sacrificed far more on the advertising side than it ever sort of gained. One other note for the record threads in my experience through the first four days has been really, really boring. And I hope that it gets more compelling going forward.

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