Tag: Social media
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The thesis for my latest investment is simple: Ev Williams is one of the founders. End of thesis. Ev co-founded Twitter with Jack Dorsey back in 2006. Now, he’s working on a new startup called Mozi. Mozi helps you connect with your actual friends in the real world. It makes…
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Launched June 11. Has already overtaken all previously existing competitors and is now the dominant player in the space. Roelof Botha, Sequoia Capital, 9/2/05 Today, YouTube dominates the internet. People watch 1 billion hours of YouTube. Every day. But as summer turned to fall in 2005, YouTube was just a…
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As a fun thing heading into the weekend, I thought I’d share five of my favorite cute animal accounts online. I’m a big animal person, rodents especially, and really enjoy spending time with them. The next best thing is checking out adorable animal content online, and these are my favorites!…
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As you cruise down the tree-lined road, the first thing you see is a giant thumbs up. You pull into the winding driveway and an endless panorama of multicolor buildings appears. This is the headquarters of the one of the most powerful companies on earth: Facebook, Inc. 1.8 billion people…
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Everyone at once seems to be talking about Clubhouse, the 11 month old social media app that has attracted the likes of Elon Musk, along with a $1 billion valuation. I found myself wondering, why is this app so popular? The basic architecture seems pretty simple: Zoom without the video,…
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Google owns YouTube. Facebook owns Facebook and Instagram. Who owns e-mail? Trick question: the answer is, no one! It’s an open protocol anyone can use. So are RSS feeds used to distribute podcasts and the Domain Name System that tells your browser where to go when you type in google.com.…
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I notice a significant increase in the popularity of conspiracy theories recently. Some are byzantine, with such outrageous claims it’s a wonder they ever gained currency. And they seem to be gaining new adherents by the day. Conspiracy theories are nothing new. But why do they seem particularly salient today?…
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Tremendous 