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I’m very fascinated by the way media companies respond to their competition. It low key is The Hunger Games.
When Instagram offered to buy Snapchat for $3 Billion and they were like “NAH” and they said, aight coo, BET. Let’s add a story feature to our platform and steal a significant portion of your users, FOR GOOD.
The evolution of Facebook statuses. Creating more ways for people to react and engage in response to Twitter taking off.
Twitter expanding their like feature so we can see what other people are liking and widen our networks but then considering removing the feature in response to Instagram wanting to remove like counts.
We’re not just expressing thoughts, viewing stories and sharing parts of our lives. We are willfully fueling capitalism. All of these companies have found ways to keep us engaged on their platforms so they can make money and in a few cases, help you make money as well.
