Antisocial Media: TikTok, Meta, and Algorithmic Content Distribution

Kevin LaBuz
8 min readAug 21, 2022

TikTok’s meteoric rise is forcing other social media platforms to respond. As a result, social media is getting less social. Below, a look at recommendation media and Meta’s response to TikTok. Thanks for reading.

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Social media is becoming less social. TikTok popularized algorithmic content distribution. Now other social media platforms are scrambling to respond.

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Kevin LaBuz

Head of IR & Corporate Development at 1stDibs. Previously finance at Etsy, Indeed, and internet equity research at Deutsche Bank. Find me on Twitter @kjlabuz.