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| | [AI summary] The text explores the dynamics of social networks and status, highlighting the fragility of social capital and the challenges of sustaining network effects. It discusses the concept of 'proof of work' in social media platforms like TikTok and Musical.ly, where user-generated content is limited by the skills and interest of creators. The text also examines the risks of social capital inflation and devaluation, such as the collapse of Myspace and the Groucho Marx effect, where status hierarchies can reverse rapidly. Additionally, it references the importance of utility in maintaining user engagement and the need for proactive management of scarcity in digital platforms. The text concludes with a call for learning from industries like fashion to be...
| | perell.com
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| | David explores how modern society is stuck in the "Never-ending Now." Read here.
| | tech.slashdot.org
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| | Flipboard, the social media magazine and news app, announced that it is starting to switch its user accounts to ActivityPub, a technology developed by the World Wide Web Consortium that makes social networks interoperable, "connecting everything to a single social graph and content-sharing system," ...
| | simonharlingblog.com
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| You may get to the top of your profession without anyone asking you if you are any good. And that sounds absurd. But aside from some diligent form-filling, a tub-thumping speech at a high-profile conference, and the ability to get along with your colleagues, it's entirely possible that no one has ever asked you "Are