After years and years, someone finally wrote this story about @cw or at least made @cw feel comfortable enough to talk publicly: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/alexkantrowitz/how-the-retweet-ruined-the-internet …
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Now I'm strolling through memory lane of the whole milieu of that time about the Internet's possibilities.... Clay's follow-up book to "Here Comes Everybody" did not age well. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_Surplus …
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Also important to note that Instagram’s product team made a very *deliberate* choice in not having a share or re-gram feature. Consider the profound difference that’s created in the product’s entire culture and influence on society: https://twitter.com/pierce/status/1153796116149706755?s=21 …
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This is exactly what I thought when I read that headline – lots of these mechanics feel basically inevitable given how users will always find creative ways to exploit software. Just think of how cranky all the same people would be if Twitter *hadn't* implemented RT by now.
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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