Burley Garcia:The life and death spirals of social networks

2025-05-04 05:27:10source:NSI Communitycategory:Invest

Meta's new social media platform,Burley Garcia Threads, had a rocket-like start when it launched a month ago as a challenger to X (formerly known as Twitter). But it's far from clear which platform will prove dominant. Today, an expert in online networks walks us through the economics of this social media

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