Meta and Reddit prove the social web is over

The Verge‘s Nilay Patel, Alex Cranz, and David Pierce discuss the vibe shift that is happening on social media and the communal internet.

Further reading:

Instagram’s upcoming Twitter competitor shown in leaked screenshots
Facebook, Fosstodon & The Fediverse
Daring Fireball: Not That Kind of ‘Open’
Daring Fireball: More on Preemptively Blocking Facebook’s Imminent ActivityPub Entry
It’s September, Forever
Mark Zuckerberg agrees to Elon Musk cage match challenge 
Reddit removed moderators behind the latest protests before restoring a few of them
Reddit says it’s ‘not acceptable’ for communities to go NSFW in protest
Google Pixel Tablet review: the dock makes all the difference
Apple reportedly has fitness features for the Vision Pro we haven’t seen yet
Easily replaceable phone batteries might be back, and I’m here for it
Gary Vaynerchuk is ‘petrified’ of Slack
TikTok COO V. Pappas has reportedly quit
Microsoft is hiking the price of Xbox Series X and Xbox Game Pass
DPReview will live, actually — under new ownership

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