We are seeing a rise in the number of regional and alternative social networks to counter the old guard of Facebook, Instagram, and X. Here are the two lessons they need to learn to avoid ending up on the digital scrapheap like so many networks of the past.

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00:00 Introduction

00:19 Why Local Social Networks?

01:27 Make It Easy

02:30 Make It Easy For Creators

03:20 Creators Create Everywhere

04:26 The Idealist Problem

05:22 Outro

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