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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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Reels: A Blind Spot for Facebook

TikTok is a user generated content network where it's completely algorithmically driven. And their goal is to understand what you want to see and define the best short form videos across the entire network that are interesting to you. But from what I've seen, they've neutralized TikTok. They're not necessarily going to get all those users back but there's a lot of people who are like, why would I try TikTok? The overall threat in both cases has been neutralized.

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