ICYMI - The Free Trial Period of Social Media Is Over
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4.2 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 12 April 2023
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
On today’s episode, Rachelle is joined by Alex Kantrowitz, the writer behind the Big Technology newsletter and podcast. The two discuss the recent changes to Twitter Blue and how paying for Twitter might be a joke, it won’t be for other platforms like Instagram and TikTok. As paid verification models become de rigueur in a bid to woo content creators, what will that mean for the average social media user? Is this all just a giant protection racket? Or is it platforms catering to the people who actually create content for them?
This podcast is produced by Se’era Spragley Ricks, Rachelle Hampton and Daisy Rosario.
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| 0:00.0 | My guy, I use a point with Ms. Football. |
| 0:03.6 | This summer it's time to get to know the players and your taste buds. |
| 0:07.1 | That's the only lie. |
| 0:08.1 | If 70% of the UK prefers the taste of Pepsi Max, you'd prefer Pepsi Max. |
| 0:13.5 | Firstly, for more, visit PepsiMax.withsportfry.com to enter our quiz to win gig tickets and find your perfect playlist. |
| 0:21.2 | UK blind taste test with over 34,000 people versus UK's biggest selling food sugar cola. |
| 0:26.0 | But verification goes to Pepsi.co.uk forward slash FAQ. |
| 0:31.5 | Let's talk about Twitter. |
| 0:32.7 | There's a lot of news about Twitter. |
| 0:34.4 | I am so confused. |
| 0:35.9 | So I have a blue tip, right? |
| 0:37.5 | And then earlier in the week, I think I had a great tip. |
| 0:40.7 | Could you explain what's going on with that? |
| 0:42.7 | Hi, I'm Rachel Hampton. |
| 0:44.1 | And you're listening to ICYMI. |
| 0:46.5 | In case you missed the Slate podcast about internet culture. |
| 0:50.2 | And hello, my lovely listeners. |
| 0:52.6 | Welcome back to the ICYMI verse. |
| 0:56.9 | It's kind of like the metaverse, except instead of you, you know, buying anything or like creating an avatar, |
| 1:04.4 | really doing anything you would do in the metaverse, you just get to listen and be talk about all the things I'm interested in. |
| 1:09.4 | So fun. |
| 1:10.5 | So much like the metaverse. |
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