This chapter explores the current landscape of media and social networks, focusing on Twitter and its alternatives. It discusses the rise of group chats as a new social network and the platforms used to find news and information, as well as reflecting on challenges in timing book releases on rapidly evolving subjects.
Casey Newton writes the Platformer newsletter. Kevin Roose is a technology columnist for The New York Times. Together they co-host the podcast Hard Fork.
CN: “People actually like to be a little bit confused. They like listening to things where people are talking about things they don’t quite understand, which was very counterintuitive to me. I think a lot of editor-types would scoff at, but I’ve come around.”
KR: “We can revisit subjects and we do. We can change our minds. Print pieces feel so permanent, they feel so definitive. Podcasts, we can just sort of say, ‘I don't know what to make of this, ask me again in a month.’”
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