Twitter/X Stealing Usernames, Canada in the Dark & Modern Multitasking with Jag Sharma and Jason Kapadia - E52
No username is safe from X (the artist formerly known as Twitter).
The platform is making yet more sweeping changes, reclaiming handles from users and introducing a revenue sharing model - and that’s not even the most world-altering social media news this week…
Join Jag & Jason as they take us through Meta’s news ban in Canada, Gen Alpha introducing a new kind of split screening, and Zoom… ordering people back to the office?
This episode of Disconnected covers:
Twitter/X reclaiming notable handles from its users
Whether revenue sharing for tweets will change the platform
The new potential for disinformation in Canada
Our youngest generations taking split screening to a new level
Episode Highlights:
“I guess they want to be promoting Twitter Music as this all-encompassing X app, which is going to be like the WeChat of the West. Well, that's his goal. So I guess they're trying to get all their ducks in a row right now, and get the usernames they need.” - 2:50 - Jason Kapadia
“The clue’s in the title: social media. Taking someone's handle away from them in this way is anything but social, anything but friendly, open and welcoming.” - 8:35 - Jag Sharma
“I've seen accounts with 15k followers getting almost $2,000 a month now. It's not going to replace your daytime job. But if you do have 50k, maybe 200k followers, you could potentially make a whole career out of it.” - 13:00 - Jason Kapadia
“I was thinking, could screenshots be shared instead of links to news? They probably could, but equally, screenshots can be doctored, which could even spread more fake news. It could be made to look legitimate and exacerbate the situation.” - 21:20 - Jag Sharma
“My daughters have two iPads next to each other playing different videos. It sounds like chaos, because both of the speakers are going off at the same time. When one part of a video gets boring, I see their eyes move to the other iPad.” - 28:20 - Jason Kapadia
“Perhaps Zoom needs to learn the art of hybrid working themselves, because they actually need to sell their product, and their product needs to promote remote working.” - 33:00 - Jag Sharma
Links & references:
Jason Kapadia:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonkapadia/
https://www.instagram.com/jasonkapadia/
Jag Sharma: