Platformer

Home
Archive
About
The secret list of Twitter VIPs getting boosted over everyone elseCongratulations to Ben Shapiro, AOC, and ... LeBron?
Zoë Schiffer
Mar 28
75
2
How TikTok failed to make the case for itselfAfter a rocky appearance before Congress, the company has reason to reflect
Casey Newton
Mar 24
109
4
Substack's new fundraising pitchVenture capitalists wouldn't give the company the terms it wanted. Its writers might
Casey Newton
Mar 29
28
1
Six questions about Google BardThe company's new large language model has arrived. Now what?
Casey Newton
Mar 22
19
2

Most popular

Elon Musk fires a top Twitter engineer over his declining view count
Zoë Schiffer
and
Casey Newton
241
5
Elon closes in
Casey Newton
and
Zoë Schiffer
45
Yes, Elon Musk created a special system for showing you all his tweets first
Zoë Schiffer
and
Casey Newton
238
8
The withering email that got an ethical AI researcher fired at Google
Casey Newton
36
8
🚨 What really happened at Basecamp
Casey Newton
59
6
Inside the Twitter meltdown
Casey Newton
and
Zoë Schiffer
214
7
See all popular
NewCommunity
YouTube restores TrumpMeta explained its Trump decision in full. YouTube went another direction
Casey Newton
Mar 21
16
1
TikTok nears the endgameBreaking off TikTok from ByteDance might be the right thing to do — but it will come at a high cost. PLUS: How Twitter keeps competitors off its For You…
Casey Newton
Mar 17
66
1
Meta doubles down on layoffsThe company's recent products have flopped with consumers. Will a more focused team reverse the trend?
Casey Newton
Mar 15
21
Microsoft just laid off one of its responsible AI teamsAs the company accelerates its push into AI products, the ethics and society team is gone
Zoë Schiffer
and
Casey Newton
Mar 14
85
3
Meta is building a decentralized, text-based social networkIs this the Twitter replacement we've been waiting for?
Casey Newton
Mar 10
104
4
Utah's war on social networks is a symptom of a larger problemCongress failed to act — and now a patchwork of bad state laws is eroding our privacy
Casey Newton
Mar 8
15
5
How a single engineer brought down Twitter on MondayThe high cost of cutting expenses
Casey Newton
and
Zoë Schiffer
Mar 6
181
4
Winners and losers in the race to add AIChatGPT is now running inside Snapchat, Notion, and other apps. Will it give them a sustaining advantage — or just line OpenAI's pockets?
Casey Newton
Mar 3
94
7
See all

Most popular

Elon Musk fires a top Twitter engineer over his declining view count
Zoë Schiffer
and
Casey Newton
241
5
Elon closes in
Casey Newton
and
Zoë Schiffer
45
Yes, Elon Musk created a special system for showing you all his tweets first
Zoë Schiffer
and
Casey Newton
238
8
The withering email that got an ethical AI researcher fired at Google
Casey Newton
36
8
🚨 What really happened at Basecamp
Casey Newton
59
6
Inside the Twitter meltdown
Casey Newton
and
Zoë Schiffer
214
7
See all popular
Platformer

Platformer

News at the intersection of Silicon Valley and democracy. On Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday at 5PM Pacific.
RecommendationsView all 14
W
Weekly with PJ Vogt
PJ Vogt
Read Max
Read Max
Max Read
Today in Tabs
Today in Tabs
Rusty Foster
Z
Zero Day
Kim Zetter
The Long Game
The Long Game
Molly Knight
Sidechannel
Garbage Day
Culture Study
Newcomer
Zero Day
Galaxy Brain
Friends of Platformer
Today in Tabs
Big Technology
Stratechery
Money Stuff
Crypto Island

Platformer

AboutArchiveRecommendationsSitemap
Share this publication

Platformer

www.platformer.news
Platformer

Platformer

News at the intersection of Silicon Valley and democracy. On Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday at 5PM Pacific.

By Casey Newton
· Over 124,000 subscribers
By registering you agree to Substack's Terms of Service, our Privacy Policy, and our Information Collection Notice
“Casey Newton does some of the best tech writing in the business—covering social media publications, Web3 scandals, and the powerful players in Silicon Valley.”
Jacob Wolf, The Jacob Wolf Report
“There's no better informed (or productive) person on Substack than Casey Newton when it comes to the intersection between big tech and media”
Tim Burrowes, Unmade - media & marketing through an Aussie lens
“There's no better way to understand how social networks and the modern internet shapes our lives.”
Jeremy Markovich, North Carolina Rabbit Hole
© 2023 Substack Inc
Privacy ∙ Terms ∙ Collection notice
Start WritingGet the app
Substack is the home for great writing