Why’d you like that celebrity photo on Instagram? Why’d you leave that restaurant review on Yelp? Why’d you text in lowercase, or turn on read receipts, or share your location? The Verge’s Ashley Carman and Kaitlyn Tiffany ask the hard, weird, and occasionally dumb questions about how your tiny tech decisions impact your social life.
https://www.theverge.com/whyd-you-push-that-button
episode 10: What keeps people on Snapchat?
In the social media world, Instagram has dominated as the most used app in 2019, but what happened to Snapchat?
episode 10: Why you’ll never quit Amazon Prime
Recode’s Jason Del Rey explores the origins of Amazon Prime, why it’s so effective at keeping us locked into their ecosystem, and how it became the source of the company’s power.
episode 11: Why do you use Close Friends on Instagram?
Is Close Friends a product response to finstagrams? If so, are people using it?
episode 12: What does ‘being verified’ actually mean?
Ashley Carman and Kaitlyn Tiffany wonder why people want to be verified on Twitter and what they’re willing to do to get the blue checkmark.