Artifact, Bluesky, and Substack Notes; Social Networking 2.0 and the Twitter Diaspora; First Week Impressions – Stratechery by Ben Thompson
What is leading to all of the new social networks? Then, reviews of the early days of Artifact comments, Bluesky, and Substack Notes.
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Artifact, Bluesky, and Substack Notes; Social Networking 2.0 and the Twitter Diaspora; First Week Impressions - Stratechery by Ben Thompson
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