1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:03,200 This podcast is brought to you by Starship shirts.com. 2 00:00:03,300 --> 00:00:06,800 Find the coolest T's mugs and more inspired by Elon musk's 3 00:00:06,800 --> 00:00:09,700 Universe. Celebrate your love for SpaceX 4 00:00:09,700 --> 00:00:13,400 Tesla and Beyond and gear up with Starship shirts.com, where 5 00:00:13,400 --> 00:00:16,100 every purchase is a launch pad for adventure. 6 00:00:21,400 --> 00:00:24,700 Hi everybody, and welcome back to the Elon Musk podcast. 7 00:00:24,900 --> 00:00:27,700 Today, we're diving into a sensational Revelation 8 00:00:27,700 --> 00:00:32,200 Instagrams, leap into the text based social media realm with a 9 00:00:32,200 --> 00:00:36,500 new app code named Barcelona will dissect this proposed 10 00:00:36,500 --> 00:00:39,000 Twitter rival. Its native integration with 11 00:00:39,000 --> 00:00:42,900 Instagram its emphasis on user, safety and control and it's 12 00:00:42,900 --> 00:00:46,700 surprising step towards decentralization Will navigate 13 00:00:46,700 --> 00:00:49,800 this exciting development, its potential implications for the 14 00:00:49,800 --> 00:00:52,800 social media landscape. And how it might change the game 15 00:00:52,800 --> 00:00:56,200 in the race to create a compelling alternative to 16 00:00:56,200 --> 00:00:59,200 Twitter, social media, is Titans have been playing a high-stakes 17 00:00:59,200 --> 00:01:02,500 game of chess for years. Vying for dominance in the 18 00:01:02,500 --> 00:01:06,500 attention of users worldwide, Twitter and undoubted, King of 19 00:01:06,500 --> 00:01:10,600 the bite-size text content. Domain May soon have to defend 20 00:01:10,600 --> 00:01:14,100 its rain against a challenger born from the heart of meta 21 00:01:14,100 --> 00:01:16,300 platforms. Think this time, it's not a 22 00:01:16,308 --> 00:01:19,800 photo or video sharing platform that threatens the status quo, 23 00:01:20,100 --> 00:01:22,700 but a new technology, Space app bearing. 24 00:01:22,700 --> 00:01:27,100 Instagrams, DNA set to shake up the text based social media 25 00:01:27,100 --> 00:01:30,800 landscape and the Revelation came via Leah. 26 00:01:30,800 --> 00:01:33,200 Hey Berman's. I see why am I sub stack 27 00:01:33,200 --> 00:01:36,200 newsletter, which broke the news offering the world. 28 00:01:36,200 --> 00:01:38,000 Its first glimpse of the proposed. 29 00:01:38,000 --> 00:01:42,500 Instagrams, text-based Twitter, rival Haberman, share details 30 00:01:42,700 --> 00:01:45,900 and what appears to be an unmasked marketing slide from 31 00:01:45,900 --> 00:01:49,200 The Secret of project in setting, a buzz of anticipation 32 00:01:49,300 --> 00:01:51,100 across Tech communities worldwide. 33 00:01:51,200 --> 00:01:53,700 Wide. Now remarkably the marketing 34 00:01:53,700 --> 00:01:56,600 slide did not Christen the app with a standalone name. 35 00:01:57,100 --> 00:02:01,900 Rather it humbly referred to it as Instagrams new text based app 36 00:02:01,900 --> 00:02:04,800 for conversations the under the radar app. 37 00:02:04,900 --> 00:02:09,800 Identified by its code name P90 to or Barcelona has been taking 38 00:02:09,800 --> 00:02:12,100 form in the creative Labs at meta. 39 00:02:12,400 --> 00:02:16,700 As prohibits report, what makes Barcelona unique is its native 40 00:02:16,800 --> 00:02:20,200 integration with Instagram, the platform will allow users to 41 00:02:20,200 --> 00:02:24,400 login Sing their Instagram credentials as seamless as it 42 00:02:24,400 --> 00:02:26,400 sounds. This merger implies that your 43 00:02:26,400 --> 00:02:30,700 followers handle bio and verification status will 44 00:02:30,700 --> 00:02:34,500 effortlessly migrate from Instagram to this new app. 45 00:02:35,400 --> 00:02:37,700 Now, Barcelona promise is a user experience. 46 00:02:37,700 --> 00:02:41,700 Comprising a feed similar to the current Instagram model still, 47 00:02:41,700 --> 00:02:45,800 it's tailored for text content, allowing posts of up to 500 48 00:02:45,800 --> 00:02:49,400 characters, enhanced with links photos or videos in the 49 00:02:49,400 --> 00:02:52,700 concoction feels akin to To a love child of Instagram. 50 00:02:52,700 --> 00:02:56,900 And Twitter as evidence by to screenshot prototypes shared in 51 00:02:56,900 --> 00:03:00,700 the leaked marketing material now meta armed with lessons, 52 00:03:00,700 --> 00:03:03,800 from its existing platforms plans to launch Barcelona with 53 00:03:03,800 --> 00:03:07,800 robust moderation, controls the proposed, app will Empower users 54 00:03:07,800 --> 00:03:10,700 with settings to moderate, who can reply your mention, the 55 00:03:10,700 --> 00:03:14,400 accounts and essential feature in the face of increasing calls 56 00:03:14,400 --> 00:03:17,800 for Online safety and control. Now, consistent with the user 57 00:03:17,800 --> 00:03:20,600 first approach, any accounts that users have previously 58 00:03:20,600 --> 00:03:25,100 blocks to Instagram will remain blocked in the new platform now, 59 00:03:25,100 --> 00:03:29,000 Instagrams, new Endeavor is not just a leap into text-based 60 00:03:29,000 --> 00:03:31,800 domain. It's also a stride towards 61 00:03:31,800 --> 00:03:34,800 decentralization. Now, according to the leaked 62 00:03:34,800 --> 00:03:39,600 slide Barcelona, will soon offer compatibility with other apps 63 00:03:39,600 --> 00:03:44,200 such as Mastodon users on these external apps could interact 64 00:03:44,200 --> 00:03:48,200 with public Barcelona profiles and content or private ones if 65 00:03:48,200 --> 00:03:52,300 approved in the mutual interaction Hints that activity. 66 00:03:52,300 --> 00:03:55,900 Pub compatibility, which meta has reportedly been exploring 67 00:03:55,900 --> 00:03:59,200 with other tech companies. Now the potential release of 68 00:03:59,200 --> 00:04:02,300 Barcelona could be a game changer for Instagram. 69 00:04:02,600 --> 00:04:06,100 And by extension for meta with Twitter is popularity waning. 70 00:04:06,100 --> 00:04:08,800 Due to recent changes, particularly after the 71 00:04:08,800 --> 00:04:12,700 acquisition by Elon Musk and dissatisfaction among its user 72 00:04:12,700 --> 00:04:15,300 base. Is 2 grams text-based offering 73 00:04:15,700 --> 00:04:18,800 could provide a timely alternative, it might become a 74 00:04:18,808 --> 00:04:21,000 beacon for those seeking a new platform for bye. 75 00:04:21,200 --> 00:04:23,900 Sized updates. Now, while decentralize 76 00:04:23,900 --> 00:04:27,000 platforms like mastodons and blue sky, have gained some 77 00:04:27,000 --> 00:04:30,800 momentum, Barcelona can provide a familiar home for Instagrams 78 00:04:30,800 --> 00:04:33,500 massive user base. It could offer a seamless 79 00:04:33,500 --> 00:04:37,000 transition sparing users. The hustle a building new 80 00:04:37,000 --> 00:04:39,400 followings or unfamiliar platforms. 81 00:04:39,800 --> 00:04:42,800 Yet, metas silence adds an element of suspense to the 82 00:04:42,800 --> 00:04:45,800 anticipation. The tech giant has declined to 83 00:04:45,800 --> 00:04:47,900 comment. Echoing it statement from March 84 00:04:48,200 --> 00:04:50,700 when it hinted at the development of a standalone 85 00:04:50,700 --> 00:04:52,700 descent. Relies social media for sharing 86 00:04:52,700 --> 00:04:55,500 text updates. Now met his vision was a 87 00:04:55,508 --> 00:04:59,100 separate space for creators and public figures to share timely 88 00:04:59,100 --> 00:05:02,500 updates about their interests. A vision that Barcelona 89 00:05:02,800 --> 00:05:06,400 seemingly encapsulate speak in the race to become the preferred 90 00:05:06,400 --> 00:05:10,500 alternative to Twitter, seems to be heating up, which is like 91 00:05:10,500 --> 00:05:13,500 meta entering The Fray. The competitive landscape has 92 00:05:13,500 --> 00:05:17,300 not been this intense since the early days or social media would 93 00:05:17,300 --> 00:05:20,600 platforms like Facebook and Twitter were battling for users 94 00:05:20,600 --> 00:05:23,600 attention. Met his new text-based, offering 95 00:05:23,800 --> 00:05:26,800 promises to disrupt the status quo, bring me a fresh 96 00:05:26,800 --> 00:05:30,800 perspective to the market, and the Inception of Barcelona seems 97 00:05:30,800 --> 00:05:34,100 to have been Guided by an astute reading of the social media 98 00:05:34,100 --> 00:05:34,900 site. Geist. 99 00:05:35,400 --> 00:05:37,900 The platform strikes at the heart of one of the most glaring 100 00:05:37,900 --> 00:05:41,300 issues on social media today, the difficulty of building and 101 00:05:41,300 --> 00:05:45,100 maintaining a follow base in a world, where follower count is 102 00:05:45,100 --> 00:05:48,500 often a measure of success and reach met his decision to allow 103 00:05:48,500 --> 00:05:51,000 a smooth transition of Instagram followers to bar. 104 00:05:51,100 --> 00:05:55,000 Salona could be a winning move and this decision would be a 105 00:05:55,000 --> 00:05:57,900 Tipping Point for Content creators and influencers who 106 00:05:57,900 --> 00:06:01,000 have been exploring alternative platforms, but are hesitant to 107 00:06:01,000 --> 00:06:04,100 abandon their hard-earned, Instagram follower base. 108 00:06:04,700 --> 00:06:08,400 Additionally, the early emphasis on user safety, and moderation 109 00:06:08,600 --> 00:06:12,100 is a telling reflection of metas renewed, commitment to user 110 00:06:12,100 --> 00:06:16,200 safety and well-being and in a world where online harassment 111 00:06:16,200 --> 00:06:20,100 and trolling a rampant, the ability to control who can reply 112 00:06:20,100 --> 00:06:23,000 your mention, you are Out. Can be a value tool. 113 00:06:23,500 --> 00:06:26,200 This feature, indicates medicine, tent, to create a 114 00:06:26,200 --> 00:06:28,900 healthier social networking environment. 115 00:06:29,000 --> 00:06:33,400 Now, potentially setting a new standard for user control across 116 00:06:33,400 --> 00:06:37,200 the social media industry. Yet the most intriguing aspect 117 00:06:37,200 --> 00:06:40,900 of Barcelona must be its proposed decentralization. 118 00:06:41,200 --> 00:06:45,200 And compatibility with other apps decentralization, a 119 00:06:45,200 --> 00:06:48,000 buzzword right now in the Tech Community has been gaining 120 00:06:48,000 --> 00:06:52,500 traction as a way to give users more control and More privacy in 121 00:06:52,500 --> 00:06:56,100 the integration with Mastodon is particularly noteworthy. 122 00:06:56,400 --> 00:06:59,900 Considering mastodons growing reputation as a decentralized 123 00:07:00,000 --> 00:07:02,100 open source alternative to commercial. 124 00:07:02,100 --> 00:07:05,700 Social networks. This unprecedented step, signals 125 00:07:05,700 --> 00:07:09,300 medicine tent, to be more open and Cooperative with a broader 126 00:07:09,300 --> 00:07:12,800 Tech Community, which could represent a paradigm shift in 127 00:07:12,800 --> 00:07:16,500 the typically walled-off world of social media nonetheless, the 128 00:07:16,500 --> 00:07:20,200 road to Barcelona's launch is Laden with uncertainty the 129 00:07:20,200 --> 00:07:22,500 leaked marketing. Provides an exciting glimpse 130 00:07:22,500 --> 00:07:25,300 into the project. But many details remain Under 131 00:07:25,300 --> 00:07:29,000 Wraps as anticipation builds questions Loom about the 132 00:07:29,000 --> 00:07:33,400 platform specific features its release timeline and how it will 133 00:07:33,400 --> 00:07:35,700 differentiate itself from its competition. 134 00:07:36,700 --> 00:07:39,800 No metis refusal to comment, only adds to the mystery leaving 135 00:07:39,800 --> 00:07:42,800 Tech, enthusiasts and Instagrams, user base, eagerly 136 00:07:42,800 --> 00:07:46,600 awaiting, more official announcements in at Barcelona 137 00:07:46,600 --> 00:07:49,700 materializes. As it's being conceived, it 138 00:07:49,700 --> 00:07:51,900 could reshape the social A landscape. 139 00:07:52,200 --> 00:07:54,800 The platform promises to bring a fresh perspective. 140 00:07:54,800 --> 00:07:58,900 To the text-based, content room offering a welcome alternative 141 00:07:58,900 --> 00:08:02,400 for those disgruntled with Twitter trajectory Instagrams, 142 00:08:02,400 --> 00:08:06,000 massive user base in a prospect of seamless transition could 143 00:08:06,000 --> 00:08:10,200 give Barcelona and Edge in its competition with Twitter Macedon 144 00:08:10,200 --> 00:08:12,800 and blue sky. However, whether Barcelona will 145 00:08:12,800 --> 00:08:16,700 live up to its promise remains to be seen its success or 146 00:08:16,700 --> 00:08:19,500 failure. Could provide valuable insights 147 00:08:19,500 --> 00:08:22,300 into the evolving demands. Preferences of social media 148 00:08:22,300 --> 00:08:26,200 users in this digitally intertwined age. 149 00:08:26,600 --> 00:08:31,600 Now, as we wait for Barcelona to drop the race, is on to create 150 00:08:31,600 --> 00:08:34,700 the next generation of social media platforms, that offer more 151 00:08:34,700 --> 00:08:38,900 user control, better privacy, and safer, online spaces and 152 00:08:38,900 --> 00:08:44,000 it's a bold promise. If Instagram is behind this and 153 00:08:44,000 --> 00:08:47,300 it has every chance to be a major player in this game. 154 00:08:47,800 --> 00:08:50,900 So thank you for listening to the Elon Musk podcast today. 155 00:08:51,500 --> 00:08:53,000 I really do appreciate your time. 156 00:08:53,300 --> 00:08:55,800 I appreciate you spending your time here with me today. 157 00:08:56,300 --> 00:09:00,200 And I would also appreciate a follow or a subscribe on 158 00:09:00,200 --> 00:09:02,900 whatever podcast platform that you're on right now would 159 00:09:02,900 --> 00:09:05,400 greatly benefit the show? Because then we can grow the 160 00:09:05,400 --> 00:09:07,900 show and have even better episodes for you. 161 00:09:08,100 --> 00:09:11,300 We can continue doing this every single day and please take care 162 00:09:11,300 --> 00:09:14,100 of yourselves and each other and I'll see you in the next one.