A Social Media Shakeup and Does the Billboard Hot 100 Benefit Taylor Swift More than Drake? (Ep.252)

Twitter and Meta layoffs shake up the social media legacy of Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Plus Drake calls out changes made to the charting process for the Billboard Hot 100. <br /><br />The decline of text-based social media<br />The switch from Twitter and Facebook to video platforms such as TikTok is changing the face of the internet.<br /><a href="https://www.newstatesman.com/social-media/2022/11/decline-social-media-text-post" rel="noopener">https://www.newstatesman.com/social-media/2022/11/decline-social-media-text-post</a><br /><br />Elon Musk tells Twitter staff to prepare for “difficult times ahead” and ends remote work <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2022/11/10/23450942/elon-musk-twitter-first-email-staff-difficult-times-ahead-remote-work" rel="noopener">https://www.theverge.com/2022/11/10/23450942/elon-musk-twitter-first-email-staff-difficult-times-ahead-remote-work</a><br /><br />It’s never felt more plausible that the age of social media might end—and soon. <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2022/11/twitter-facebook-social-media-decline/672074/" rel="noopener">https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2022/11/twitter-facebook-social-media-decline/672074/</a><br /><br />Boom to bust? What Facebook and Twitter’s mass layoffs say about the future of tech<br />Twitter has laid off half its staff, and Meta around 13 per cent. Is this a trend across the tech industry?<br /><a href="https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/boom-to-bust-what-facebook-and-twitters-mass-layoffs-say-about-the-future-of-tech/x238ah10x" rel="noopener">https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/boom-to-bust-what-facebook-and-twitters-mass-layoffs-say-about-the-future-of-tech/x238ah10x</a><br /><br />Drake Claims Billboard “Fixed” Charts After “Scorpion” on HotNewHipHop <a href="https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/448707-drake-claims-billboard-fixed-charts-after-scorpion" rel="noopener">https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/448707-drake-claims-billboard-fixed-charts-after-scorpion</a><br /><br />What can we learn from Taylor Sw