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Let's see...
✅ Mass layoffs
✅ Dumping billions into Zuck's Folly (a.k.a. "the Metaverse") and then quietly turning away from it the minute ChatGPT goes viral
✅ More layoffs
✅ Charging for #2FA
Now...
#Instagram has started putting ads in search results https://www.theverge.com/2023/3/21/23650766/instagram-ads-search-results-feeds
Between this stupidity (#parody is #freespeech, after all) and the black mold its new barrel houses are (allegedly) causing all over town, you've got to ask what bright bulb is running #JackDaniels' reputation straight into the ground:
Jack Daniel's tells Supreme Court its brand is harmed by dog toy #BadSpaniels https://www.npr.org/2023/03/22/1162692739/supreme-court-jack-daniels
>The whiskey maker argues that the toy named Bad Spaniel infringes on its trademark, confuses consumers and tarnishes its reputation.
Yes, for just $180 a year, you too can enjoy #2FA (which you should have access to for free) and -- don't faint, now -- sooper-speshul stickers for your Stories 'n' Reels!
But seriously, folks... This is in the wake of how many thousands laid off now? You can almost smell the desperation for cash:
You Can Now Pay #Meta to Verify Your #Facebook and #Instagram Account https://www.lifewire.com/you-can-now-pay-meta-to-verify-your-facebook-and-instagram-account-7368432
A United States without Reaganomics?
A country without a history of unqualified actors as commander in chief?
A country who didn’t normalize putting an actor in the most powerful position in the world?
A country who continued a legacy of a good man who lived his whole life doing good things for Americans?
I can’t imagine, but if I could it would be someplace I’d like to/be proud to live
Unlike now
Spotify doesn't want to be Spotify anymore.
Instead they want to be TikTok and Instagram.
Which is funny because Instagram doesn't want to be Instagram. Twitter doesn't want to be Twitter. And Facebook definitely doesn't want to be Facebook anymore either.
You all seeing a theme?
Whenever platform adoption plateaus, Big Social tries to pivot in a drastically different direction.
https://www.theverge.com/2023/3/8/23630821/spotify-design-home-music-podcasts-audiobooks-app
Summer: It's not the heat, it's the humidity.
Winter: It's not the snow, it's the drifts.
And how's the weather where you are this fine March morning?
On the bright side, when the trend dies off, some company called AOCIA will probably be happy to snap it up:
The new #Nokia #logo: our readers' verdict | Creative Bloq https://www.creativebloq.com/nokia-logo-readers-verdict
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