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Peak social media: Building better platforms

FT Tech Tonic

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The Future of Social Media

Benj Edwards is an investor in social media companies. He says the next big thing could be revolutionary, but it's unlikely to be just a nicer version of today's platforms. Part of the reason he says is that healthy platforms just aren't good businesses. The dominance of large platforms has also taught us some lessons about the limits of connecting everyone around the world.

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