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The Free Trial Period of Social Media Is Over

The Free Trial Period of Social Media Is Over

ICYMI · Slate Podcasts

April 12, 202340m 52s

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Show Notes

On today’s episode, Rachelle is joined by Alex Kantrowitz, the writer behind the Big Technology newsletter and podcast. The two discuss the recent changes to Twitter Blue and how paying for Twitter might be a joke, it won’t be for other platforms like Instagram and TikTok. As paid verification models become de rigueur in a bid to woo content creators, what will that mean for the average social media user? Is this all just a giant protection racket? Or is it platforms catering to the people who actually create content for them?


This podcast is produced by Se’era Spragley Ricks, Rachelle Hampton and Daisy Rosario.


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