The Atlantic: The Age of Social Media Is Ending.

“What does Athens have to do with Jerusalem—and what do either have to do with Silicon Valley?”

"As waves of critics pointed out, the design of this "immersive" world is astoundingly underwhelming."

It looks like Mark Zuckerberg watched Ready Player One and thought he would be able to recreate that universe with MS Paint.

"The bot also appears to have become a supporter of former US president Donald Trump, arguing in a chat with The Wall Street Journal’s Jeff Horwitz that the Don is still the rightful president and that he'll go on to start his third term in _...Read More_

"In quick, the Facebook app will act more like TikTook, the Chinese-owned social media app. While Facebook has traditionally linked folks to content material produced by their buddies, the video-based TikTook depends on algorithmic _...Read More_

"Dressing for a virtual world is going to be both enormously liberating and potentially very, very messy."

>"On a March episode of Lex Fridman's podcast, the Meta CEO explained why he thinks college students should be selective about who they hang out with."

>"Who among us wants to inhabit an even more virtual world of Mark Zuckerberg’s creation?"

"Facebook got a facelift — but there's nowhere in the metaverse left to run from the problems of their own design. Adina Glickstein takes stock of the social media titan's _...Read More_

"Mark Zuckerberg prompted weeks of speculation about a new corporate name for Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp."

"Mark Zuckerberg’s turn toward the “metaverse” claims to put an extra digital layer on top of the real world. But Facebook’s new Meta brand isn’t augmenting your reality — it just wants to suck more money out of _...Read More_

"In a narrow sense, this phrase refers to internet-connected glasses. More broadly, though, it’s a fantasy of power and control."

>"So what is “the metaverse”? It sounds like the kind of thing billionaires talk about to earn headlines, like Tesla chief Elon Musk _...Read More_