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‘Elon Musk Is Doing for Zuckerberg What Trump Did for George W. Bush’
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.
Mentioned in this episode:
- "Anti-Social Media: How Facebook Has Disconnected Citizens and Undermined Democracy," by Siva Vaidhyanathan
- "Stealing MySpace: The Battle to Control the Most Popular Website in America," by Julia Angwin
More from the hosts:
- “How Twitter Shrank Elon Musk and Ron DeSantis,” by Ross Douthat for The New York Times
- “It’s Not a Good Sign When People Who Don’t Pay for News Have So Little to Choose From,” by Lydia Polgreen for The New York Times
- “The Inside Joke That Became Trump’s Big Lie,” by Carlos Lozada for The New York Times