Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte has signed a bill banning TikTok, marking the first state-level prohibition of the social media app. The law – SB419, set to take effect in January – cites data privacy concerns related to the Chinese Communist Party as the primary reason for the ban. Continue Reading →

The Social Network Effect

Facebook's power is a direct result of the network effect. Each user's utility of Facebook increases as the number of users increases. (Said simply, the more the merrier.) Continue Reading →
Let me get this straight. I'm about to get into a Twitter war on a topic such as women's reproductive rights, politics, taxes, music, sports, race relations, #MeToo, or any other topic that might inspire me to comment or state my case, and Twitter thinks that letting me know that there are very strong feelings on display will be news to me or be helpful in any way? Perhaps the people at Twitter missed that day at Twitter school. Continue Reading →