I just found Elle's post about building a cooperative media ecosystem a day or two before this live. It seems like a great project so I checked out her TED Talk about serializing her novel like authors like Dickens and Dumas publishing chapters weekly in newspapers. That's sort of how I got started on Substack, posting first draft chapters of my memoir. Great live, thank you for tagging me again!
Yes, I published it as I wrote the first draft. I’m working on a third edit now, it’s kind of a crazy story about the last 3 years after my husband died of cancer. I’m still working on a blurb, but this is what I have so far:
“Grief was nothing like Amy expected after her husband died from cancer in the summer of 2021. As a traditional wife and working mother for ten years, she assumed his death would leave her in deep mourning. Instead, she ran from her community, quit her job, and became obsessed with dating apps, naughty costumes and daytime trysts. What began as a midlife sexual awakening became a desperate attempt to heal both new and old abandonment wounds by partnering with a new man. When he broke her heart, Amy was overcome by a grief tsunami, but ultimately learned that as long as she had self love, she would never be left again.”
Chris - you're sticking to your personal notion that Zuck has flipped to supporting press freedom, which is bizarre.
Instagram, FB, and WhatsApp have never been 'press' platforms, for starters.
Are you aware that Australia sees ZERO news content on FB, nil, none, fully blocked since last year. FB wouldn't agree to payment conditions required by Australian media outlets. Discussions fell apart. News was switched off for Australians on FB and remains so.
Other media still available have contracts, so that their content being shared is remunerated when shared on FB.
None of which has anything to do with Meta moderation, or removal of moderation for fact checking. Zuck doesn't address press freedom, it's irrelevant, they do or don't have contracts with FB, their content was never being fact checked.
TikTok is successful because the algorithm ONLY feeds the user their follows and similar content that matches the user's established consumption tastes. No one needs to write their own script. The very sophisticated algorithm is literally the product, which is why it's so successful.
Puppies, comedy, smart social commentary? That's all I see, never ever see anything that doesn't match my personal taste.
TikTok has the best algorithm of any platform, if the measurement of 'best' is pandering to individual preferences.
People only become 'addicted' to content THEY choose, content that reinforces THEIR choices. That's what TikTok does to perfection.
Can anyone, such as a person without a formal education, but instead have “life education” that creates their philosophy in life, be permitted to be part of a collaboration about future ideas? For instance, to see their grandchildren grow up with a worthy social media platform.
I pledge allegiance to the triumvirate of Substackistan.
Loved this❤️
Love this conversation! You raise many good points. I like the way you think. :)
I like the image of a platform being like a public park...
Chris, your interview inspired me:
https://open.substack.com/pub/jonathanbrownson/p/praying-or-politicking?r=gdp9j&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elysian_Fields,_Texas
This is terrific
I just found Elle's post about building a cooperative media ecosystem a day or two before this live. It seems like a great project so I checked out her TED Talk about serializing her novel like authors like Dickens and Dumas publishing chapters weekly in newspapers. That's sort of how I got started on Substack, posting first draft chapters of my memoir. Great live, thank you for tagging me again!
Ooooh, you found all of the things. So cool you serialized your memoir!!!!!
Yes, I published it as I wrote the first draft. I’m working on a third edit now, it’s kind of a crazy story about the last 3 years after my husband died of cancer. I’m still working on a blurb, but this is what I have so far:
“Grief was nothing like Amy expected after her husband died from cancer in the summer of 2021. As a traditional wife and working mother for ten years, she assumed his death would leave her in deep mourning. Instead, she ran from her community, quit her job, and became obsessed with dating apps, naughty costumes and daytime trysts. What began as a midlife sexual awakening became a desperate attempt to heal both new and old abandonment wounds by partnering with a new man. When he broke her heart, Amy was overcome by a grief tsunami, but ultimately learned that as long as she had self love, she would never be left again.”
What a journey, love that you are writing about it here. 🥰
Chris - you're sticking to your personal notion that Zuck has flipped to supporting press freedom, which is bizarre.
Instagram, FB, and WhatsApp have never been 'press' platforms, for starters.
Are you aware that Australia sees ZERO news content on FB, nil, none, fully blocked since last year. FB wouldn't agree to payment conditions required by Australian media outlets. Discussions fell apart. News was switched off for Australians on FB and remains so.
Other media still available have contracts, so that their content being shared is remunerated when shared on FB.
None of which has anything to do with Meta moderation, or removal of moderation for fact checking. Zuck doesn't address press freedom, it's irrelevant, they do or don't have contracts with FB, their content was never being fact checked.
TikTok is successful because the algorithm ONLY feeds the user their follows and similar content that matches the user's established consumption tastes. No one needs to write their own script. The very sophisticated algorithm is literally the product, which is why it's so successful.
Puppies, comedy, smart social commentary? That's all I see, never ever see anything that doesn't match my personal taste.
TikTok has the best algorithm of any platform, if the measurement of 'best' is pandering to individual preferences.
People only become 'addicted' to content THEY choose, content that reinforces THEIR choices. That's what TikTok does to perfection.
Can anyone, such as a person without a formal education, but instead have “life education” that creates their philosophy in life, be permitted to be part of a collaboration about future ideas? For instance, to see their grandchildren grow up with a worthy social media platform.
Of course!
Thanks