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TikTok and the Fall of the Social Media Giants

TikTok and the Fall of the Social Media Giants

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Last discussed Nov 2, 2026

Cal Newport's New Yorker essay on how legacy social networks chased TikTok's algorithmic model.

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Cal Newport · Nov 2, 2026

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"I wrote a piece about this, an essay about this for the New Yorker that I recommend actually. It was a good piece. It was called TikTok and the Fall of the Social Media Giants."

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