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The Fold

Letterboxd proves that social media doesn’t have to be a hellscape

Sep 3, 2023
52:19

Imagine a social media app where the algorithm didn't prioritise the most divisive content on the platform. Letterboxd co-founder Karl Von Randow and editor-in-chief Gemma Gracewood join Duncan Greive to talk about how they purposefully built a slow, community-centric and non-capital intensive platform. Plus, the current state of film and how it is tracking at the end of the pandemic and the beginning of the strikes.

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