๐ What Happened on Tech Twitter in November
๐บ๐ธ We celebrated Joe & Kamala, ๐ค Coinbase preempted the New York Times, ๐ฆ Twitter released Fleets!, ๐ฆ We were thankful AF
Yo!ย โ๏ธย Iโmย Brett! Social Studiesย is about trying to understand what it means to be human in the context of modern technology. It includes recaps of what happened on Tech Twitter plus deep analysis using frameworks from Psychology, Economics, and the Social Sciences.
โฑ The TLDR
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Here are the top stories from November:
๐บ๐ธ We celebrated Joe & Kamala - Despite mostly leaning libertarian, Tech Twitter was relieved that Joe Biden won the US presidential election.
๐ค Coinbase preempted the New York Times - Coinbase released a piece ahead of a NYT article blasting the company for how it treats black employees.
๐ฆ Twitter released Fleets! - Twitterโs Snapchat stories clone arrivedโฆ and people didnโt hate it?
๐ฆ We were thankful AF - I launched $THANKSgiving, a product that gives you crypto when you say what youโre thankful for and it hit #3 on Product Hunt.
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๐บ๐ธ Tech Twitter celebrated Joe & Kamala
Joe Biden won the US presidential election. Despite Tech Twitter having its fair share of secret Trump supporters (at least in terms of fiscal and space policy), most people were overjoyed with the results.
Design Twitter celebrated exactly how youโd expect them to.
๐ค Coinbase preempted the New York Times
Yet another battle in the endless war between tech and media went down. Mason breaks down exactly what happened:
The piece was real, and real bad, putting Coinbase in a tough position trying to be an a-political โmission-drivenโ organization.
๐ฆ Twitter released Fleets!
Twitter released itโs Instagram Stories clone, Fleets. There were obviously a lot of cynical remarks about Twitterโs slow, uncreative execution and some boomer tweets about how itโs confusing.
But overall, people seemed to enjoy fleets and appreciate where it seems to be taking Twitter.
๐ฆ We were thankful AF
I was feeling a little cheeky this Thanksgiving so I launched $THANKSgiving, a product that gives you cryptocurrency for saying what youโre thankful for.
And hey, we got to number 3 on Product Hunt! Turns out there are a lot of thankful people out there in the world.
๐ Great reads from November
Here are some great reads!
๐Thanks
Thanks yall! Have a great holiday. Hereโs some $THANKS for reading ๐