Social Media’s Days Are Numbered
One of the largest shifts in the tech landscape is underway. The way we share and consume information on platforms ranging from Facebook and Twitter to Instagram, Snapchat, and YouTube is changing. Social media is starting to mean something entirely different to both content creators and consumers.
Beginning in the mid-2000s and really taking off in the 2010s, social media served as a way to both connect with friends and family and serve as a communication medium in which we were able to cut out intermediaries to go direct to the world. Facebook profiles became our new websites. Tweet threads became blog posts.
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