Meta only shows its users' online friends 17% of the time on Facebook -- and only 7% of the time for Instagram. The majority of time is spent serving viewers "unconnected" short-form videos "recommended by AI-powered algorithms Meta developed as a direct competitive response to TikTok's rise, which stalled Meta's growth."

source: Meta's lawyers in
FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION v. META PLATFORMS, INC.

cool readings:

“…what rough beast, its hour come round at last”.

“The transition from bound volume to infinite scroll represents more than a shift in medium—it fundamentally alters our sensory and cognitive relationship with knowledge itself.”

In praise of Photo Booths: “I have thousands of photographs on my phone snapped without much consideration for form or composition and I rarely look at them. But a strip photo is proof of something, it’s tangible and real. And importantly, these tiny squares don’t tell the whole picture of whatever is happening because there is no background. They aren’t an attempt at capturing an event like other photos are. These are something simpler, a reminder of a mood, a feeling, a connection between us and the people we care about.”

last listen: Silenced: Shostakovich, Bosmans, Gergely Madaras, Hyeyoon Park, WDR Sinfonieorchester (2025)

last saw: Sinners (2025)

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