social media

3 statements across 3 episodes · 2 bullish · 1 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Dec 6, 2022 by Ben Thompson · across every show →

Everything said about social media, oldest first

Dec 6, 2022 positive
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Thompson: Social media's value is giving readers a sharing platform
“If you have a new business model with a very low cost structure, Social media is a godsend because you basically get free marketing. What a lot of people don't understand is I think a lot of writers give away way too much content on Twitter and they're out the…”
Ben Thompson Dec 6, 2022 ▶ 35:53 Stratechery (with Ben Thompson) · Acquired
Sep 18, 2024 negative
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Zuckerberg: Accepting blame during political crises only invites more attacks
“If you take responsibility for things, because you think it's a corporate crisis, not a political crisis and your view is like, okay, I'm, like, I'm gonna take responsibility for all this stuff. Like, and people are basically, like, blaming social media and th…”
Mark Zuckerberg Sep 18, 2024 ▶ 45:00 The Mark Zuckerberg Interview · Acquired
Aug 26, 2025 bullish
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Social Media Ultimately Pivoted to Resemble Either Private Messaging or YouTube
“All of social ended up pivoting to either look like messaging or like YouTube anyway. YouTube is kind of the winning paradigm in quote unquote social media and UGC media.”
Ben Gilbert Aug 26, 2025 ▶ 3:33:50 Google Part II: Alphabet (Audio) · Acquired
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