Excellent Reads@sh.itjust.works · 1 year ago

Social media is doomed to die

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Social media is doomed to die

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Excellent Reads@sh.itjust.works · 1 year ago

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I spent seven years at Snapchat. I thought things would be different.

After seven years at Snapchat, I finally learned the truth about why our most important apps seem destined to disappoint us

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If it’s centralized, it can be controlled, if it can be controlled it will be bought.

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