Facebook's Plan To Be Cool Again

Land of the Giants

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Technology, Society & Culture, Business

4.6 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 17 August 2022

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Facebook defined an era of social media built on our connections, our social lives. We’re watching that era come to a close. Now, your main feeds of both Facebook and Instagram will use AI to start increasingly recommending content from people you don't follow. Kind of like another major app you may have heard of – TikTok. Hosted by Shirin Ghaffary (@shiringhaffary) and Alex Heath (@alexeheath) Subscribe for free. Be the first to hear next week's episode by hitting the plus sign in your favorite podcast app Follow @recode and @verge for more coverage of Meta and Big Tech Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Support for this show comes from the Genesis GB70 Performance SUV.
0:05.6	Every Genesis is a reminder to try something bold to keep growing, keep hustling.
0:12.8	At Genesis, they've harnessed all that excitement of beginnings into their performance SUV,
0:19.2	the GB70.
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0:26.0	It's packed with intuitive technology inside, like the 14.5-inch infotainment system,
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0:37.4	a little more acceleration to your next drive.
0:40.5	Your Genesis GB70 is waiting for you.
0:43.9	What will you begin?
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0:47.9	Genesis, keep beginning.
0:56.0	OK, I'm here to help answer the question.
1:03.7	Is Facebook cool?
1:06.6	So recently we conducted a very unscientific study.
1:10.8	We wanted to get a sense of how young people feel about Facebook.
1:14.8	I don't really feel like a lot of people in my generation specifically use Facebook that
1:19.5	much.
1:21.3	They did not hold back.
1:23.5	I'm good on Facebook.
1:26.2	Every friend request I've gotten for the past three years has been an old family member
1:29.8	that I haven't talked to in years or the bully in my high school.
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