Twitter is being unbundled before our eyes
http://www.theverge.com/2017/3/23/15039062/twitter-unbundling-twitch-reddit-instagram
Another interpretation is that we're still figuring out what a social fabric should look like.
What features should it have? How do we maximise discoverability? What moderation tools work at scale?
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