Sharp Tech with Ben Thompson

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

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Jul 10, 2023
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1
Introduction
00:00 • 2min
2
Twitter's Rate Limiting Users
01:48 • 2min
3
Meta Launch Threads Early in Response to Twitter Kerfuffle
03:49 • 3min
4
The Future of Social Media
06:28 • 3min
5
The Evolution of Facebook's News Feed
09:01 • 2min
6
The Irony of Twitter's Open API
11:20 • 2min
7
The Cultural History of Twitter
13:42 • 4min
8
The Evolution of Twitter and Instagram
18:06 • 2min
9
The Evolution of Influencers
20:02 • 3min
10
Reels: A Blind Spot for Facebook
22:35 • 3min
11
How to Build a Better Network With Threads
25:09 • 2min
12
Meta Will Succeed by Capturing That Market That Twitter Never Did
27:25 • 3min
13
Twitter's Success Is a Failure
30:28 • 3min
14
The Importance of Meta in the Future of Twitter
33:19 • 3min
15
The Importance of Execution in Social Media
36:19 • 2min
16
The Importance of Chronological Timelines
38:37 • 2min
17
Can Twitter and Threads Both Succeed?
40:18 • 3min
18
The Dynamics of Threads
43:21 • 2min
19
Why I Should Keep Using This Product Every Day
44:57 • 4min
20
Twitter: The Future of News and Current Events
49:01 • 5min
21
Twitter's Toxic News
53:42 • 2min
22
The Bear Case for Twitter
55:48 • 2min
23
The Problem With Twitter Influence
57:44 • 2min
24
How to Get People to Sign Up for a Foreign Subscription
59:17 • 2min
25
The Upsides of Zuck
01:01:05 • 2min