As we see democracy under pressure from populists and other malign hustlers around the globe, one essential issue has become painfully clear: We do not currently have a…
From the Garbage Day newsletter, some reflections on the connection between virality and popularity (highlights mine): The conclusion I’ve come to this summer — one I’m still not…
Note: This is cross-posted from my newsletter, to which you can subscribe here. x Here are some thoughts that have been kicking around my head for some time.…
“An X never, ever marks the spot,” Indiana Jones once famously stated. Only in this one particular case, it totally does: When Twitter became X, it very much…
We know the many ways social media platforms are failing us. But/and I think it would be tremendously helpful to expand our vocabulary and thinking about these things…
I never subscribed to narrative that Data is the New Oil — i.e. it’s highly valuable and a tradable commodity. Nor that it’s like oil in that it…
Over on Threads I had an exchange about targeted ads: are they better than generic ads? Is ad tracking really bad? I see some real, relevant and big…