Scripting News: Wednesday, March 20, 2024

Wednesday, March 20, 2024
Manton Reece gives Facebook the benefit of the doubt. I have at times been that optimistic. And there are good well-intentioned people at every bigco. The problem is, when you get to the top, they don't actually give a F about any of this. They like to keep their users where they are. Right now Facebook is hoovering up people who are looking for something new in the Twitter space. So it helps to encourage people to believe that there will be a way out if they want to try something else. But everyone knows for real that that isn't what's going to happen. This is in the tech playbook. When you're growing, you want everything to be open. When there aren't any more users to get from other places, well, that was a nice idea. #

Linkblog items for the day.

Spray chalk. What a great idea. amazon.com
Reddit IPO: Share sale values social media firm at $6.4bn. bbc.com
Nvidia's Omniverse shows the enterprise side of Apple's Vision Pro. fastcompany.com
AP, Lenfest Institute open call for Democracy Demo Day presenters. lenfestinstitute.org
Oprah, Ozempic and Us. nytimes.com
America is "sleepwalking toward dictatorship," she warned. washingtonpost.com
2024 Tesla Cybertruck vs. Rivian R1T vs. Ford F-150 Lightning. motortrend.com
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