Virality vs popularity, and the demise of reliable stats
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…
Tag: social
Refractive Fragmentation — where did social media go?
“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…
Ways to think about alternative social media
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…
The X marks the exit (bye Twitter)
So I think I’ll be leaving Twitter (now “X”) shortly. I won’t regale you with a long rant on why you should do the same. In fact, absolutely…
RIP Social Internet (2005-2023)
I’m calling it: We’re witnessing the end of an Internet era. You could smell it in the air for some time, but there’s no denying it: The end…
A family of Good Night Lamps
Yesterday I received a box I had been very much looking forward to: My family of Good Night Lamps (GNLamp for short). If you’re not familiar with GNLamp,…
Tectonic Shifts #02: Social
Tectonic Shifts is a series of articles on the mega trends that will shape our digital future for years (if not decades) to come. tl;dr (Executive Summary)…