Esports making the move into high schools:
As high schools embrace esports, students hope parents follow suit – WaPo https://t.co/TUetILUprr
— RalphIsNow@rhanson40@threads.net (@ralphehanson) November 6, 2019
Call of Duty’s dark view of Russia is having global consequences for the video game:
Ilya Maddyson rebukes new Call of Duty that depicts Russians as villians – WaPo #VideoGamesAndPolitics https://t.co/k0tw5zEOYD
— RalphIsNow@rhanson40@threads.net (@ralphehanson) November 6, 2019
TikTok is supposedly the new Vine. But there’s a lot of questions about the Chinese-owned social media video channel. Excellent reporting from Michael Socolow and some articles by others he’s shared:
There's been so much poor journalism about TikTok recently that I decided to do something about it. Here's my guide for olds (like myself) to understand the TikTok phenomenon in context.
You're welcome.
Now get off my lawn.https://t.co/g7OTnpiArF
— Michael Socolow (@MichaelSocolow) November 2, 2019
Will Bytedance continue to prop up TikTok at an enormous cost ($1 billion in 2019) going forward? Or is TikTok just going to burn money like WeWork, Uber, Lyft, etc.?
Since it's Chinese & privately held, it doesn't really matter. Profitability isn't necessarily its top goal. https://t.co/D7wBHtPpfr
— Michael Socolow (@MichaelSocolow) November 5, 2019
Great reporting. TikTok censorship is worse than I described in my @Politico piece – as 6 former TikTok content moderators explain to @washingtonpost reporters here. https://t.co/Tu8j4Qlq3O
— Michael Socolow (@MichaelSocolow) November 5, 2019