Universal's war against TikTok goes nuclear; how your rage pays influencers.
Finite Scroll #2
Oh, hey. First, thank you so much to everyone who's subscribed so far. I have zero goals for this other than to get my weekly reps in, and hopefully, you all gain something valuable enough to keep opening my emails and clicking on some links.
Okay, here's what I've been reading or bookmarking about tech, social, culture, and all things extremely online. ✨
You can read any/all of these today, over the weekend, or treat them as orphaned tabs you open in the background, only to come back to close in a few days. 🤳
- Klarna AI assistant handles two-thirds of customer service chats in its first month
- Olivia Rodrigo's Tour Will Raise Money for Abortion Funds
- How the Pentagon Learned to Use Targeted Ads to Find Its Targets—and Vladimir Putin
- A minority of TikTok users are responsible for most of the platform's content
- Why Leading Brands Should Adopt A Social-Out Approach To Marketing
- Being nice to chatbots pays off
- Lay's uses' Chip Cam' to film ad during live match with soccer legends
- Live Nation finds that superfans will pay any price
- World's Biggest Music Company Deploys the 'Nuclear Option' Against TikTok
- These Influencers Are Making Content to Make You Angry — And It's Working
- Gen Z is more likely to call in sick to work than Gen Xers 20 years their senior thanks to a mental health crisis 'turbocharged' by young women
- How Libs of TikTok became a powerful presence in Oklahoma schools
- Shein to debut spring-summer collection in shoppable livestream
- Karat's new tool tells creators exactly how much their peers are earning on YouTube, TikTok, Twitch, and more
- 'Leave the World Behind' Trending Amid Nationwide Cellular Outrage
- Virtual Staging AI helps Realtors digitally furnish rooms within seconds
- What Happened When Ikea Decided to Run Its First Global Campaign After 80 Years
- eBay to Celebrate Pokémon Day with "Catch 151" One-Day Auction
- A Marketplace of Girl Influencers Managed by Moms and Stalked by Men
Feel free to let me know what you're reading or checking out this week or if you're enjoying Finite Scroll, and it couldn't hurt to send it to a friend. 🫡
