You know when you’ve made a serious mistake, right?
Telling someone is a way of objectivising the mistake and gauging how important it is.
— From ‘Le bureau des légendes’, translated from French
Tag: Sharing
Don’t share *those* posts
Decent people share the hate-posts to expose them seemingly unconcerned that this is what the bigots want.
Be a qwitter (FT), December 24, 2017 at 10:24PM
WhatsApp, the only social network that matters…
Digitally savvy millennials in India post Stories on Instagram, share memes on Facebook, watch videos on YouTube, keep up on Twitter, and chat with each other on Facebook Messenger.
But older Indians have incorporated the most compelling features of these platforms right into WhatsApp.
Vacation pictures don’t go on Facebook or Instagram, videos don’t go on YouTube, and jokes and wisecracks don’t go on Twitter. For older Indians, WhatsApp is the ultimate social network.
Older Indians Drive Millennials Crazy On WhatsApp. This Is Why They’re Obsessed.
Answer to: Why my mom says, “Why do you post your photos on Instagram? Share them on Facebook or WhatsApp.”
Ephemerality – the cure to decline in sharing
Snapchat was offering young people the kind of experience that Instagram was not: A low-pressure way to share photos and videos that don’t stick around online…
Stories, in particular, was a change targeting the pressure around sharing that Instagram executives had noticed in late 2015. Stories disappear after 24 hours, meaning the bar for what qualifies as “post-worthy” is usually much lower on Stories than what you’ll find in your feed. It’s a lot of the same stuff — food shots, sunsets, selfies — just less manicured.
Stratechery Daily Update 2017-01-25, January 25, 2017 at 11:51PM
Use my marker 