benwerd
benwerd
Instagram's co-founders are mounting a comeback platformer.news
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JohnPhilpin
JohnPhilpin

@benwerd I saw that … and then I saw this …

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… so I’m definitely holding back. How about you?

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benwerd
benwerd

@JohnPhilpin I feel like I have a professional need to check it out, so while I agree with you, I fed my personal information to the machine. Fingers crossed.

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manton
manton

@benwerd Interesting. I'm skeptical of AI solving social problems unless it's a tool for human curators to use. On the other hand, I'm jealous of teams that can afford this research. Will be interesting to watch.

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JohnPhilpin
JohnPhilpin

@benwerd @manton

Jessica Lessin - The Information - writing this morning ....

"I was interested to see that Kevin and Mike, who I respect a lot, have a new product using text and TikTok-like mechanisms to create new news experiences. Man it feels like deja vu. Why do smart consumer tech people all thing they can "fix" the news business?"

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benwerd
benwerd

@JohnPhilpin @manton as a former media investor and current newsroom CTO, I can't say I disagree with that sentiment ...

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