Meta and Reddit prove the social web is over

The Verge's Nilay Patel, Alex Cranz, and David Pierce discuss the vibe shift that is happening on social media and the communal internet.

Further reading:

• Instagram’s upcoming Twitter competitor shown in leaked screenshots
• Facebook, Fosstodon & The Fediverse
• Daring Fireball: Not That Kind of 'Open'
• Daring Fireball: More on Preemptively Blocking Facebook’s Imminent ActivityPub Entry
• It's September, Forever
• Mark Zuckerberg agrees to Elon Musk cage match challenge 
• Reddit removed moderators behind the latest protests before restoring a few of them
• Reddit says it’s ‘not acceptable’ for communities to go NSFW in protest
• Google Pixel Tablet review: the dock makes all the difference
• Apple reportedly has fitness features for the Vision Pro we haven’t seen yet
• Easily replaceable phone batteries might be back, and I’m here for it
• Gary Vaynerchuk is 'petrified' of Slack
• TikTok COO V. Pappas has reportedly quit
• Microsoft is hiking the price of Xbox Series X and Xbox Game Pass
• DPReview will live, actually — under new ownership

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