The Best of Platformer
9 most popular Platformer articles, as voted by our community.
Big tech and democracy, from @CaseyNewton and @ZoeSchiffer.
Expect paywall
Platformer on Creator Economy
What I learned from a year on Substack
Your questions about Platformer, answered
«The biggest spikes in both free and paid membership over the past year came after I published the best reporting I did this year.»
Platformer on Tiktok
Why TikTok's future has never been so cloudy
ByteDance thought it had a deal with the government in August. Then came the bans β and a spying scandal
Popular
These are some all-time favorites with Refind users.
π¨ Instagram walks back its changes
Say goodbye to the full-screen feed, and at least some of those recommendations β for now. Adam Mosseri explains why
Conservative social networks keep making the same mistake
The rise and fall of Gettr. PLUS: The fine print on Facebook Bulletin
«Lots of questions about social networks are hard. This one isnβt. If you create a place for people to upload text and images, you have to moderate it β and moderate it aggressively.»
How Platformer is changing in year three
What I learned in year two, and what comes next
The Bored Ape art heist and crypto's trust and safety problem
Can web3 β or its user base β survive decentralization?
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Platformer on Social Media
Musk discusses putting all of Twitter behind a paywall
Will he go through with it? PLUS: Botched layoffs, how the new Blue could lose money, and more
How social networks got competitive again
Facebook's surprising new challengers in audio, video, photos, and text