"... but in terms of engagement, TikTok’s competitors did pretty well by copying it. Previously social feeds filled with video made by strangers, resulting directly in the scenario described above by Mark Zuckerberg: Formerly social networks now filled with, basically, little shows and marketing, content from influencers, and random recommendation slop, an increasingly amount generated by AI."

#JohnHerrman, 2025

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/7-reasons-to-think-social-media-has-peaked.html

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#SocialMedia #SocialNetworks

"One of Törnberg’s most interesting findings in the ANES data... is that 'most platforms have moved toward Republican users', with Twitter’s swing being the most pronounced, leading to a partisan 'reconfiguraton' with 'Republican users shifting from ideologically homogeneous venues such as TruthSocial into mainstream platforms such as Twitter/X' while 'Democrats have retreated toward emerging, smaller networks such as Bluesky, Mastodon, and Threads'.”

#JohnHerrman, 2025

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/7-reasons-to-think-social-media-has-peaked.html

"That you shouldn’t post too freely on social media has become — or returned to — conventional wisdom: If you’re posting publicly, your family might see it, your boss might see it, and, every once in a while, a few million strangers might see it as well."

#JohnHerrman, 2025

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/7-reasons-to-think-social-media-has-peaked.html

It shouldn't surprise anyone that "Danyl Strype" isn't my birth name, and I've always been cautious about sharing info online that would make me too easy to identify.

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