Will Apple Mail threaten the newsletter boom?

How Mail Protection Privacy will force the email economy to adapt | Continue reading


@platformer.news | 2 years ago

How censorship became the new crisis for social networks

It's not just conservatives complaining any more. The crackdowns are real, and getting worse | Continue reading


@platformer.news | 2 years ago

Google's Docs Dilemma

Why the biggest improvements in years might not be enough | Continue reading


@platformer.news | 2 years ago

The child safety problem on platforms is worse than we knew

A startling new report finds far more young kids using platforms than we suspected — and they’re having sexual interactions with adults in huge numbers | Continue reading


@platformer.news | 2 years ago

Basecamp Blew Up

Inside the all-hands meeting that led a third of the company to quit, and an executive to resign | Continue reading


@platformer.news | 3 years ago

Basecamp Blew Up

Inside the all-hands meeting that led a third of the company to quit, and an executive to resign | Continue reading


@platformer.news | 3 years ago

Basecamp Blew Up

Inside the all-hands meeting that led a third of the company to quit, and an executive to resign | Continue reading


@platformer.news | 3 years ago

Sidechannel, a new community for Platformer subscribers

On building a virtual newsroom with some of my favorite reporters | Continue reading


@platformer.news | 3 years ago

What Happened at Basecamp

How a list of "funny" customer names triggered an internal reckoning | Continue reading


@platformer.news | 3 years ago

How a list of "funny" customer names triggered an internal reckoning | Continue reading


@platformer.news | 3 years ago

What Really Happened at Basecamp

How a list of "funny" customer names triggered an internal reckoning | Continue reading


@platformer.news | 3 years ago

Five takeaways about Facebook's pivot to audio

CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Facebook's big bet on creators | Continue reading


@platformer.news | 3 years ago

Competitors circle Clubhouse

After Spotify makes a big acquisition, Clubhouse's future could all come down to Android | Continue reading


@platformer.news | 3 years ago

The Mess at Medium

14 current and former staffers on what went wrong | Continue reading


@platformer.news | 3 years ago

Will India Ban Twitter?

After a dramatic escalation in tensions, tweets risk going the way of TikToks | Continue reading


@platformer.news | 3 years ago

Clubhouse's Moment Arrives

Elon Musk disrupts podcasting. PLUS: Robinhood's big mistake | Continue reading


@platformer.news | 3 years ago

The Battle Inside Signal

The fast-growing encrypted messaging app is developing features that would make it more vulnerable to abuse. Current and former employees are sounding the alarm | Continue reading


@platformer.news | 3 years ago

Casey Newton on the battle inside Signal

The fast-growing encrypted messaging app is developing features that would make it more vulnerable to abuse. Current and former employees are sounding the alarm | Continue reading


@platformer.news | 3 years ago

What social networks can learn from public spaces

Or: 14 ways to rebuild your hell site | Continue reading


@platformer.news | 3 years ago

How Microsoft Crushed Slack

And why the era of worker-centered work tools may be over | Continue reading


@platformer.news | 3 years ago

The withering email that got an ethical AI researcher fired at Google

"Stop writing your documents because it doesn’t make a difference": Timnit Gebru's final message to her peers | Continue reading


@platformer.news | 3 years ago

Snapchat's million-dollar idea

Can you build a better TikTok with a daily lottery? | Continue reading


@platformer.news | 3 years ago

Casey Newton leaves The Verge to launch Platformer

Why I'm leaving The Verge | Continue reading


@platformer.news | 3 years ago