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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@Kantrowitz’ thread here:https://twitter.com/kantrowitz/status/1153767235174846465?s=21 …Kim-Mai Cutler added,
Alex KantrowitzVerified account @KantrowitzHi everyone, it’s time for a serious discussion about the retweet and share buttons, which are at the root of many of social media’s ills today. Creating the retweet was like handing a loaded weapon to 4-year-olds, the man who built it tells me: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/alexkantrowitz/how-the-retweet-ruined-the-internet …Show this thread2 replies 1 retweet 4 likesShow this thread
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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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