Social Media - Shane Mac (Page 4)

Group Chats Should Explode When the Party’s Over

Group chats are broken. Everyone's adding me to them, that's why I hate them. Group chats today are like getting married on a first date. It's a lifetime commitment that I have no idea if I want to be a part of. If we

“For You” Is Dead. Prompts Will Kill the Feed. Groups Are The Social Graph.

Here's a rambling of thoughts that I've been thinking about for a while, just observing and listening to how people use the internet... Prompts are replacing posts. A prompt makes a video. A song. An agent. Soon, an entire app. Prompts are becoming the new content

The Future of Social is Private

Hey friends, I'd love to hear your thoughts—hit reply and say hi! I've been thinking about this for a while: As social networks become algorithm networks, followers lose all their value, and group messaging becomes the new social graph, what changes? Why the Next Era

Snapchat Commerce: Swipe to Buy & Adverbs

This is an excerpt from a much more in depth post about business messaging. [https://medium.com/assist/money-from-messaging-the-impact-of-brands-in-the-messaging-ecosystem-192e99481919#.obvqkowqv] The post was designed and written in collaboration with Jonathan Lieberman [https://twitter.com/jonnyliebs]. “Swipe to Buy” (On

“Sometimes it’s just easier to say it.” (aka new app release today!)

More context, better UI, voice. This post is a repost from the Remember blog [https://medium.com/@GetRemember/sometimes-its-just-easier-to-say-it-b9af73cb0070#.51d56q15r] . This is my favorite new app. It’s no secret that voice is one of the best ways to connect with people. Being

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