Locator: 51668SOCIAL_MEDIA.
I discovered this "technical social media" advance simply by accident. In the big scheme of things, I think very few people understand how it works, but much more importantly how powerful it is and how much more powerful it will become.
And for all those hyperscalers -- this is how a lot of money is going to be made: monetizing these chatbot threads. Holy mackerel. And it appears the hyperscalers don't have to share any "royalties" with the contributors.
When you click on that link, you will get a "blank page" for about five to eight seconds. It will appear that nothing is going to appear ... but wait for it -- it will appear. It is truly amazing.
The combination of the following three will be a huge game-changer. I'm not quite sure what it will look like but my hunch is that it replaces Reddit:
- open source AI (Hugging Face);
- blogs; and,
- chatbot threads.
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Another Example
Look at all the ads on the short thread at the link.
Query:
Over at the WSJ, who has "replaced" Walt Mossberg and Joanna Stern?
Wow, look at this, from March 17, 2026:
As NBC News ramps up its subscription streaming product, it is beginning to turn to independent journalists and creators to help it maintain relevance in key areas.
The broadcast news division on Tuesday announced a deal with the popular technology journalist Joanna Stern, who will contribute to NBC News platforms even as she builds out her own independent media company.
Stern left her longtime home The Wall Street Journal last month to launch her own venture.
Stern will become chief tech analyst & contributing correspondent for NBC News, according to a memo to staff from president of editorial Rebecca Blumenstein (who notes that she hired Stern back at the Journal to succeed the legendary Walt Mossberg).
Streamers / content providers see the benefit of "human contributors / personalities" over robots.
Link to The Hollywood Reporter.
