What’s the future of social media?

My hope is that it becomes more decentralized over time. When social networks buy other social networks to become networks of networks, I don’t think that’s healthy for society. 

Pendulums tend to swing too far in one direction and then eventually get pushed back hard in the other. On one hand, giving everyone a platform has made for a period of incredible innovation and connectivity and has weakened the gatekeepers. On the other hand, algorithms and pick-your-own-news sources have a tendency to pull people into echo chambers and contribute to polarization in society.

A large part of the rise of mega-corporations over the past decade is a result of benefiting from user data and making users the product rather than the customer. Google and Facebook did this abundantly by

What’s the future of social media?

My hope is that it becomes more decentralized over time. When social networks buy other social networks to become networks of networks, I don’t think that’s healthy for society. 

Pendulums tend to swing too far in one direction and then eventually get pushed back hard in the other. On one hand, giving everyone a platform has made for a period of incredible innovation and connectivity and has weakened the gatekeepers. On the other hand, algorithms and pick-your-own-news sources have a tendency to pull people into echo chambers and contribute to polarization in society.

A large part of the rise of mega-corporations over the past decade is a result of benefiting from user data and making users the product rather than the customer. Google and Facebook did this abundantly by