Instagram is TikTok now, BeReal is everywhere, and the Vergecast Hotline is back

The Vergecast

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News, Tech News, Technology

4.4 • 4.1K Ratings

🗓️ 27 July 2022

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

02:30 - The Verge's David Pierce talks with deputy editor Alex Heath about how Meta is pivoting Facebook and Instagram away from your friends and more towards short form video from creators. Mark Zuckerberg braces Meta employees for 'intense period' Facebook is changing its algorithm to take on TikTok, leaked memo reveals Adam Mosseri confirms it: Instagram is over Instagram is making almost all videos Reels and will show them to way more people Facebook doubles down on algorithms in the main feed Facebook puts news on the back burner as it continues to push video and creators Listen to Land of the Giants: The Facebook / Meta Disruption 24:04 - Casey Newton chats with David about the social media app BeReal, and whether it's able to succeed among social media titans. Why BeReal is breaking out 40:55 - The Vergecast Hotline is back! Experts at The Verge answer your tech questions. Call our Vergecast Hotline at 866-VERGE11 (866-837-4311). Email us at [email protected], we'd love to hear from you. Find us on Twitter: Alex Heath is @alexeheath Casey Newton is @caseynewton Monica Chin is @mcsquared96 Dan Seifert is @dcseifert Becca Farsace is @BeccaFarsace David Pierce is @pierce Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Vergecast, the flagship podcast of Front and Rear Cameras.
0:07.1	I'm your friend David Pierce and I am standing outside watering my grass because my wife
0:11.9	and I bought a house a year ago and the thing that nobody tells you when you buy a house
0:15.4	is that you are apparently required by law to spend all of your time and money and energy
0:20.1	thinking about your grass.
0:21.2	It's not my favorite.
0:22.7	So if smart sprinklers are a thing or if you have some good ideas about how to fix my
0:26.4	grass, please let me know.
0:28.0	Anyway, we have a super fun show today.
0:29.8	We're going to talk with Alex Heath about why Facebook and Instagram seem to be turning
0:33.3	into TikTok and then we're going to talk to Casey Newton about Be Real, an app that thinks
0:37.5	maybe it can be the social network that Facebook and Instagram no longer are.
0:42.0	Then we're going to take some more of your questions on the Vergecast hotline because
0:45.1	they've been super fun to hear.
0:46.3	We love your questions.
0:47.3	Thanks for sending them in.
0:48.6	All that is coming in just a second, but first I have to finish watering the grass because
0:52.1	according to the internet, if you don't water it for 15 minutes, your grass will die and
0:55.9	your life will be ruined and everything will be horrible.
0:58.1	Anyway, this is the Vergecast.
0:59.8	See you in a second.
1:06.7	Help your team get ahead of the work week with laptops from Intel V Pro and Intel EVO
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