The Future of Twitter

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Noelle King: Who's going to replace Twitter? David Pierce: I think the really interesting kind of big philosophical question to ask right now is, was Twitter a good idea? He says we're also going to come to this problem of trying to figure out if it's a good idea for all of us to be connected to each other. Pierce: Do you legize the golden era of social media 2011, 12, 13, 14? What would you say at social media is funeral?

As Meta launches its Twitter competitor, The Verge’s David Pierce says that we are watching the end of the social internet in real time.

This episode was produced by Amanda Lewellyn, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Michael Raphael with help from Patrick Boyd, and hosted by Noel King.

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