This week, Hussein and Phoebe are joined by tech writer and journalist Chris Stokel Walker (@stokel), the author of Youtubers : How YouTube Shook Up TV and Created a New Generation of Stars and TikTok Boom: China, the US and the Superpower Race for Social Media.
We talk about what a "Platform" actually is, at a time when Facebook is under heavy criticism for its scale-chasing practices, and whether rival platforms like TikTok are being forced to pursue the same growth model, as well as whether Platforms can ever be meaningfully regulated or treated like a public-service utility. We also talk about Facebook's PR Guy, Andy Stone, whose strategy largely seems to amount to: Get mad online but actually emphasise that you are, indeed, laughing. Does this indicate Facebook going off the rails? Or do they just realise that they can do this now and get away with it? Anyway, we conclude, as always, that this is Nick Clegg's fault.
Purchase Chris' books here: https://www.canburypress.com/products/tik-tok-china-and-the-superpower-race-for-social-media-pre-order
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Ten Thousand Posts is a show about how Everything is Posting. It's hosted by Hussein (@HKesvani), Phoebe (@PRHRoy) and produced by Devon (@Devon_onEarth). For more episodes and bonus content, sign up to our patreon for $5 a month at : www.patreon.com/10kpostspodcast.
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