Linked – What If the Next Big Social Media App Is … Nothing?
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Linked – What If the Next Big Social Media App Is … Nothing?

ByMike McBride Reading Time: 3 minutes

At some point, everyone who wants to have an Instagram account has an Instagram account and is using it as often as they want to. You can’t have huge growth spurts. You can only play around the edges and manipulate users to stay online to grow and that’s not a winning strategy. Yet it’s what shareholders and venture funds require. They’ve created a world where growing less than 20% per year might as well be failing. It’s sure going to look like failing when you start cutting jobs and doing stock buybacks. Those used to be desperate measures, but now they’re just a Tuesday at the office.

Even Younger Employees Come In With a Skills Gap

Even Younger Employees Come In With a Skills Gap

ByMike McBride Reading Time: 2 minutes

One of the things I have talked about for years regarding college education is that, by its nature, it will always be behind. Think about it. You start a four-year degree program to learn technology skills. By the time you complete the four years and maybe even an advanced degree, everything you’ve learned is outdated. Technology changes that quickly. You enter a workplace using the next versions of everything you know. A version you don’t know much about because it’s so new that college programs haven’t even started incorporating it yet.

And by “so new,” I’m saying it’s been updated within the last few years.

Shared Links (weekly) July 31, 2022

Shared Links (weekly) July 31, 2022

ByMike McBride Reading Time: 1 minute
Linked: Instagram Has Quietly Been Asking Users to Set Up Multiple Accounts
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Linked: Instagram Has Quietly Been Asking Users to Set Up Multiple Accounts

ByMike McBride Reading Time: 1 minute

I know I’ve read elsewhere over the years that this was actually popular with teens, to have a “public” Instagram and then one just for friends. Even an old out-of-touch guy like me has had two Instagram accounts for years. One to just be me and have fun with, and one to focus on mental health stuff.

It seems to me like Instagram is just catching up with what we’ve been doing, and trying to juice up some numbers among the folks who hadn’t already considered doing this, right?

Shared Links (weekly) Aug. 1, 2021

Shared Links (weekly) Aug. 1, 2021

ByMike McBride Reading Time: 1 minute
Linked: Social media is no place for COVID-19 vaccination cards
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Linked: Social media is no place for COVID-19 vaccination cards

ByMike McBride Reading Time: 1 minute

I don’t know, it seems like finding someone’s full name and birth date on social media isn’t really that hard, with or without the card, but maybe that information about where you got the shot and when could be used against you. It is private health information after all. Maybe it should stay that way?