‘Yet instead of scrambling to claim digital real estate across all these newly emerging platforms, some companies are choosing to be more judicious about which platforms they choose to join. In some cases, they’re learning from brands who jumped the social media ship years ago.’

Maybe, digital real estate on social media is no different than buying property in the Metaverse. An endless amount of virtual space packed inside someone else’s domain, a concept that can be replicated and sold again to someone else on another platform. Interesting conceptually. The only unique real-estate you can have virtually is your own domain name. Storage spaces can be emptied and refilled with anything.

Maybe people are finally realizing that subscribing to social media channels in no different than the offerings of cable TV with hundreds of channels of nothing to watch.

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They have “perfect spelling and grammar, but a completely incoherent story,” he said.

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Bulgari apologizes to China for listing Taiwan as a country after online backlash_AP

Chinese Hackers Spied on State Department_WSJ

Time is money! Shopify SHAMES workers for holding 'pointless' meetings by embedding calculator in their calendar apps that counts down the cost on the event - with 30 minutes running up to $1,600_DAILYMAIL

Why Americans' toothpaste choices could be a sign a recession is emerging – as customers skimp on everyday essentials including TOILET PAPER_DAILYMAIL

Elon Musk - one of the world's most vocal AI critics - announces new artificial intelligence company 'xAI' as Twitter's value plummets amid user exodus_DAILYMAIL

The Indian Ocean has a mysterious million-square-mile 'gravity hole' where sea levels are 300ft lower – and scientists finally think they know what caused it_DAILYMAIL

Woke Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg admits that HE is afraid of crime on New York City's subways: 'When one of my family members gets on the train, I too get a knot in my stomach’_DAILYMAIL

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