‘Elon Musk Is Doing for Zuckerberg What Trump Did for George W. Bush’

Matter of Opinion

New York Times Opinion

Society & Culture, Ross Douthat, News, New York Times, Journalism

4.2 • 7.2K Ratings

🗓️ 13 July 2023

⏱️ 31 minutes

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In just one week, more than 100 million people have signed up for Meta’s new Threads app. On “Matter of Opinion,” the hosts ask why so many people are joining, given how much we love to hate on social media, and whether “social” media is even social anymore.

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0:00.0	I keep getting these weird ads on Twitter.
0:03.7	Like it's all masculine and the influencers pumping iron.
0:06.9	And some dating site that lets you find sugar daddy's,
0:10.9	what is, am I the only one?
0:14.1	They figured you out, Michelle.
0:15.9	Let's be clear.
0:16.9	I have been married for, you know, since God was a poor.
0:19.9	I have not done anything to deserve sugar daddy dating ads.
0:24.4	And I'm not sure that I'm prepared
0:26.3	for the threads version of this.
0:28.7	I'm just not.
0:35.8	From New York Times opinion, I'm Michelle Cattle.
0:38.2	I'm Carlos Lozada.
0:39.5	I'm Lydia Polgren.
0:40.7	And this is a matter of opinion.
0:45.3	So Ross is out this week on a well-deserved vacation.
0:49.7	But we're going to talk about the trials and tribulations
0:53.5	of social media.
0:54.8	In particular, there's been a lot going on with Twitter,
0:57.3	which is a social network that is beloved by journalists
1:00.1	and politicians, but less so by other people.
1:03.4	And now there's a big new competitor to Twitter.
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