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🗓️ 17 November 2020
⏱️ 15 minutes
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0:00.0 | Sup you beautiful bastards. Hope you've had a fantastic Tuesday. Welcome back to the Philip |
0:04.6 | DeFranco Show. Buckle up. Hit that like button. Let's just jump into it. And the first thing |
0:09.1 | we're gonna talk about today, let's jump through a few quick stories. Starting with Twitter |
0:12.7 | today officially launching fleets. A name that is so stupid most people just called them stories. |
0:18.5 | Because I mean honestly that's what this is. This is Twitter ripping off Instagram who ripped off Snapchat. |
0:23.6 | Which, by the way, it has been so normalized that Snapchat is just being robbed in broad daylight. |
0:29.6 | Though, I will say, as far as places where stories could actually turn out to thrive, I think Twitter is one of those places. |
0:35.6 | On YouTube, I feel like it is underutilized and underappreciated. Facebook, it's an afterthought. With Twitter, I think Twitter is one of those places. On YouTube, I feel like it is underutilized |
0:38.1 | and underappreciated. |
0:39.1 | Facebook, it's an afterthought. |
0:40.9 | With Twitter, I mean, honestly, it could work. |
0:42.7 | And for those unfamiliar, a fleet essentially is a full screen photo, |
0:46.2 | video, a reaction to a tweet, or just plain text |
0:48.7 | that will automatically disappear after 24 hours. |
0:50.8 | But also, and this is a big thing, |
0:52.2 | it should be noted that Twitter's expansion here is also broader. |
0:55.0 | With Twitter also creating something called Spaces, which is a feature that will allow users to join virtual rooms, |
0:59.0 | where they can engage in real-time audio conversations with others. |
1:02.0 | Which, notably, is a feature that basically tries to mirror Clubhouse, which is another app that's gained popularity this year. |
1:07.0 | However, Twitter has not yet released that, saying that they're still just in the early stages. Also, since this is the thing that we touched on, one of Twitter's product leads stress that these new features aren't just about copying, |
1:16.6 | saying it's not a here's an interesting start of doing something interesting, let's try and replicate it. It's very fundamental for us. |
1:22.6 | If we want Twitter to be a place where we can have thoughtful conversations, we need to support a wide spectrum of those conversations. |
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