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Temkin: Asynchronous social platforms like Facebook function as performance art
“Facebook and sort of asynchronous social experiences end up being performance art. You're trying to craft a persona to get people to React to you”
Temkin: Products cannot retrofit or manufacture authentic social dynamics
“You can't make something social. It either has a dynamic that's social and authentic, or it doesn't.”
Temkin: Media industry reliance on geographic content rights is obsolete online
“All the traditional media companies are very concerned about geographical rights for their content, and everything that's happening on YouTube and Facebook, people are sharing it everywhere, so those things are being adopted by a much wider audience.”
Temkin: Shared media content acts as an icebreaker for new social graphs
“So the content really is the icebreaker and the thing that draws people together, but then what we see is once you come in for some specific type of content, you'll branch out and we can watch that social graph develop around related content or related communi…”