Twitter

The massive dissemination of information — and I would argue a large contributor to a network’s massive value — comes from the ability of information to jump from one subnetwork of users to another. On Twitter, the jumping function is the retweet. A person who lives and breathes technology tweets about a new streaming music service called Spotify, ... See more

Why is the ability to write and share ideas effectively important?

anyone who makes stuff on the Internet knows that Web2.0 is over. The Discord’s general consensus is that for many, growth is flat. Reach on social platforms is harder than ever to achieve. And it’s pretty much pointless to promote work from one platform to another. Either because nobody clicks on links anymore, or links out to other destinations a... See more

The best analysis, the best work, the most thoughtful commentary and understanding and deep dives are free. This is an abundance problem, not a scarcity problem. This is a problem of curation and opinion and understanding how to navigate this deluge of people saying what's on their mind. It becomes very reputation-based, first of all. And Twitter i... See more

In a speech delivered years ago, Ev Williams used agriculture as a metaphor to understand what’s possible on the Internet.

Agriculture was a tremendous invention – it got people fed and freed them to do many things. But agriculture – taken to the extreme in the pursuit of profit leads to a sick and obese population and industrialized farms with lit... See more

Your reputation used to be your college degree or connection to a middleman, but today it’s the size of your followers

The next (and honestly current) phase of social media needs a better title. The internet is best for things related to curiosity, exploration, discovery, and expression. We need its title to better reflect + subconsciously instill that for users Yes, these platforms are… Show more