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TheYossi Schmidt Show: Interview with Moptu Co-Founder Josh Namm

In this week's episode I talk to Josh Namm about his social media platform called Moptu. https://www.moptu.comFollow Josh on Moptu: https://www.moptu.com/jna...

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Facebook plans to reduce political content in the News Feed

Facebook's business continues to fire on all cylinders even as the company faces growing scrutiny from regulators over its acquisitions and from critics for the role its platform may have played in spreading lies about the US presidential election.

Or, they can do what we’ve done at Moptu and allow people to be free and choose what they want to see on their own. We will never manipulate content to change what our users see. You see what the people you follow post. Or, you see what everybody posts. We treat our users like adults, an attitude that is becoming more rare on social media.

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Parler Judge Balks at Quick Action to Restore Site on Amazon - Bloomberg

Parler is likely to remain offline, at least in the near-term, after a judge indicated she’s likely to take a slower, considered approach whether to force Amazon.com Inc. to restore its web-hosting service for the conservative social media platform.Amazon

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Moptu: News-sharing social media site rejects censorship, algorithms | Fox Business

This social media site won't censor the news articles you share.

We will NEVER censor you for your political views.

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Jack Dorsey: Iranian Leader’s Tweets Questioning Holocaust Not ‘Misinformation’ Under Twitter Rules

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey defended his company’s decision to label some of President Donald Trump’s tweets as “misinformation” while refusing to take

COME TO MOPTU. Twitter’s double standards and bias are wrong. Social platforms have a duty to apply their standards consistently. One of life standards is a true zero tolerance policy for antisemitism and Holocaust denial.

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Twitter's Newest Trick Relies on Tracking More of Your Clicks | WIRED

The social media company is testing warnings for users who try to share links to articles they haven't read. To do that, it has to know what you've read.

At Moptu, we've eliminated all of the "social noise," of other platforms. We designed it to allow people to share/discuss/discover articles only. No status updates, videos, or anything else that isn't an article. We will never abuse your privacy. Sign up to post and share!

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How to Set Your Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram to Control Who Sees What | WIRED

Pick who sees your tweets, posts, and stories—and choose what you want to see, too.

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LinkedIn Just Launched 'Featured,' and You Should Put It on Your Profile ASAP. Here's How.

LinkedIn quietly unveiled 'Featured,' which users should deploy right away on their profiles. It appears below users' 'About' and offers them a chance to more prominently show off articles, videos, web links and other media in which they've been featured

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The Difference Between How Younger and Older Gen Xers Use Social Media – Adweek

They also have differing streaming habits.

My behavior is closer to younger Gen Xers, probably because I have an above average connection to social media. Regardless, almost all of the data you see is about Millennials and Boomers. It’s nice to see something about us! We’re a smaller generation, but were also early adopters of social media!

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What If a Girl in the Holocaust Had Instagram? | Israellycool

Here in Israel, billboards have appeared on the Ayalon Highway advertising something called Eva Stories.The trailer has now just dropped on Instagram.

This is the first truly innovative idea I've seen to make the Holocaust more relatable to younger people. This is a perfect example of how social media can be used in positive ways. People complain so much about social media, but it really depends on how it's used: like anything else, it's a tool. I firmly believe that social media has many positive applications that haven't even been thought of yet (I think that Moptu is another good example!)

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MySpace Probably Lost Everything Uploaded To Its Servers Before 2015

In what can only be good news for future political candidates — but is definitely bad news for technology company MySpace — it seems the predecessor to Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram lost most of what users uploaded to its social media platform befo

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Council Post: How To Apply Social Selling To A Social Media Marketing Campaign

Today, salespeople are increasingly connecting with prospects on social networks.

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Instagram might be working on school Stories

It would only contain content from a particular school’s student body.

Once again Instagram adopts a feature that Moptu was designed for. As the obmy social platform designed specifically to share articles, we are the perfect social media platform to use in classrooms. That should be obvious.

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Facebook will delete posts that spread voting misinformation this election

Facebook today announced it’s tackling the most basic form of fake news to circulate around the time of an election: Voter misinformation and anything that might keep users away from the voting booths this fall. Specifically, the company revealed it wou

This is absurd for a litany of reasons. First, they allow a constant flow of political “misinformation,” but draw the line at voting? That makes no sense. Second, who determines what “misinformation” is? Clearly Facebook has a bias and is not capable of dispassionately enforcing its own bias rules. Third, people should be informed enough to differentiate between false and real information on their own and if they aren’t, it’s not Facebook’s responsibility. They treat adults like infants. At least they do when they are supposedly attempting to stop “fake news.” At Moptu we treat our users like adults. We believe in personal responsibility.

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Here’s how to find out if your Facebook was hacked in the breach | TechCrunch

Are you one of the 30 million users hit by Facebook’s access token breach announced two weeks ago? Here’s how to find out. Facebook breach saw 15M users’ names & contact info accessed, 14M’s bios too Visit this Facebook Help center link while

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Google+ to shut down after coverup of data-exposing bug

Google is about to have its Cambridge Analytica moment. A security bug allowed third-party developers to access Google+ user profile data since 2015 until Google discovered and patched it in March, but decided not to inform the world. When a user gave per

Well we (Moptu) outlasted Google+! We’re more than happy to welcome their users!

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Facebook, the Company That Keeps Selling and Losing Your Data, Wants to Put a Camera in Your Home

Facebook Portal (and a larger model, Portal Plus) is an in-home smart display designed for video chatting, better known as the worst part of the Jetsons' vision of the future.

Yeah Facebook....I don't think so. This is NOT a good idea.

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Pinterest Is a Unicorn. It Just Doesn’t Act Like One. - The New York Times

The company rejects Silicon Valley’s aggressive, hype-driven way of doing business. But its slow and steady approach has frustrated some investors and employees.

Investors: this can be Moptu. Our vision is conceptually different than Pinterest's, but our approach to the market has been very similar. We absolutely believe in quality growth. Parroting the Silicon Valley model never made sense to us either, and now that seems to be a wise approach. Pinterest is aspirrationally focused and we are informationally focused - so our target market isn'tidentical: Pinterest can't become us, and we have no desire to try to be a new Pinterest. We need investors to fulfill our ultimate vision for Moptu. If you are interested in hearing more, please get in touch: joshn@moptu.com.

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Facebook has removed all cross-posted tweets

Facebook users are complaining the company has removed the cross-posted tweets they had published to their profiles as Facebook updates. The posts’ removal took place following the recent API change that prevented Twitter users from continuing to a

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You can now apply to get a verified badge on Instagram — here’s how

Instagram is at last quenching the thirst of its thirsty, thirsty unverified users. The company just introduced a trio of new features designed to make Instagram a generally safer and more authentic place to hang out (third-party 2FA — enable it!) and f

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Twitter's Dorsey: I Want To Reduce 'Echo Chambers' By Controlling What You See | Daily Wire

In an interview with The Washington Post this week, Twitter head Jack Dorsey talked about the supposed issues facing Twitter.

At Moptu we will never, ever, no matter what, attempt to tell you what you should see. We believe that your best sources of news come from your friends, family, and the people that you trust. However, we also give each user the chance to remove him/herself from the echo chamber by exploring the "topics" pages which have articles representing every single viewpoint of our users.

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How Instagram's Algorithm Works And Where Your Strategy Needs to Shift

As Instagram's algorithm changes, yesterday's marketing tactics might become less effective tomorrow. Here's how the Instagram algorithm works and how you can evolve your Instagram strategy to get the most out of the platform today.

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The Simplest Way to Hide Old Facebook and Twitter Posts | Mental Floss

Test your knowledge with amazing and interesting facts, trivia, quizzes, and brain teaser games on MentalFloss.com.

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In Twitter Purge, Top Accounts Lose Millions of Followers

Some popular figures — including Barack Obama, Ellen DeGeneres, Justin Bieber, Rihanna and Ashton Kutcher — lost a million or more in the crackdown.

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Want More Instagram Followers? Here's 12 Proven-Successful Organic Strategies

You might think of your follower count as a vanity metric, but with over half of Instagram users following brands and using the platform to conduct research prior to making purchase decisions... it's high time you got vain.

You can follow me on Instagram at @joshpnamm!

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Pinterest 2017 Sales Rise 58 Percent to $473 Million

Pinterest Inc. sales jumped 58 percent to $473 million last year after marketers spent more on its digital ads, people familiar with the matter said.

Social media is still a new industry. The depth of its profitability is still largely untapped. Investors: take note. Moptu is looking for a seed round!

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We Can’t Stop Checking the News Either. Welcome to the New FOMO

Who cares about my friends? I'm missing the news!

And this is why Moptu is such an important idea. We are the only social media platform designed to allow you to access the news without the distractions of status updates, memes, selfies and all of the rest of the noise of other social networks.

“Paradoxically, one strategy for coping with the overload is by adding to the stream. Kross says research has shown that people who actively engage more with social media—by tweeting in response to news, commenting on stories, posting messages, joining online groups—tend to be slightly happier than those who do not.”

It is a paradox, but it also makes sense. Ditch the old FOMO for the new FOMO. Being informed and passionate absolutely beats narcissism, selfies, and jealousy. Moptu is social media with substance.

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How Social Media Actually Boosts Efficiency in an Office Environment – Adweek

Employees who take quick breaks can decrease stress and increase morale.

I've always known that social media at work can increase productivity for some people. The mental breaks can be invaluable, I personally used to like feeling connected to the outside while I was at work, it helped keep work in perspective which, possibly counter-intuitively, kept me more motivated, and multi-tasking has always helped keep me focused.

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Twitter has an unlaunched ‘Secret’ encrypted messages feature

Buried inside Twitter’s Android app is a “Secret conversation” option that if launched would allow users to send encrypted direct messages. The feature could make Twitter a better home for sensitive communications that often end up on en

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Everything Facebook launched at F8 and Why | TechCrunch

Day 1 of Facebook’s F8 conference was packed with announcements and updates. Here are 10 big takeaways from Mark Zuckerberg’s keynote on Day 1. You can find full coverage and analysis of F8 here.  1. FaceDate Facebook is launching a dating feature wh

I'm a little late on this, but for those of you still interested, here it is.

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12 Social Media Mistakes That Will Drive Followers Away From Your Brand

Be wary of these social media mistakes that could alienate your followers.

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Twitter Is Pushing More News Links In The Home Timeline

A Twitter spokesperson confirmed the new Twitter feature to BuzzFeed News. Twitter's aggressive move into news continues.

This further provides proof of concept for Moptu. Are we as deluxe as Twitter/Facebook/Instagram? No. But we ARE the only social platform designed specifically to share links to news (in the broadest definition including the traditional one). We are also the only social network, with our numbers, designed and run by just two people. If you're an investor, contact me so that we can work to fulfill Moptu's potential! joshn@moptu.com

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Report: Social media use is increasing despite privacy fears

New report shows Facebook users are getting older, Instagram is one the rise, and provides an in-depth look at Twitter users.

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How Facebook makes money from your data, in Mark Zuckerberg's words - Business Insider

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg offered a simple, easy explanation for how Facebook makes money from user data.

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Zuckerberg struggles to name a single Facebook competitor - The Verge

In Mark Zuckerberg’s testimony before a joint session between the Senate Judiciary and Commerce committees today, the Facebook CEO was forced to confront whether his company was now effectively a monopoly.

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How Reggie Brown invented Snapchat

Why sexting and a Stanford class led a group of former fraternity brothers to create Snapchat.

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Why Facebook Owes You More Than This | WIRED

You give Facebook all of your data in exchange for using their service—an exchange that seems increasingly out of whack.

If you want a platform to share articles with friends and family, that respects its users privacy, and has no ambitions of being the next Facebook, please give Moptu a try. I am its co-founder and our goal from day one was to give people a much more personal way to share, discuss, and discover articles about the things that they care about.

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Facebook's traffic is down 50 million hours per day as Zuckerberg demands less 'viral videos'

Mark Zuckerberg is pushing "meaningful connections."

"After years of fueling growth among digital-first media companies with Facebook Page, the company said it would decrease their influence in the News Feed, dropping it to 4 percent from 5 percent.

Now, Facebook is prioritizing posts shared by friends and family and content from "trusted" news sources, where "trusted" is defined by the community. "

Hello? That's what we realized at Moptu years ago and why that realization led to creating a site for articles which based what you see on what the people YOU TRUST AND RESPECT post - not on algorithms, what we think, or what some 3rd party tells you that you should see.

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Facebook Is Looking Like a Victim of the Innovator's Dilemma | Inc.com

As consumers sour on the attention economy, someone is going to disrupt the social-media giant. The only question is whether it will be Facebook.

Dear investors: Moptu ALREADY IS crowd sourced article sharing. We understood the need a few years ago when we launched the beta version of Moptu. We ONLY show posts from your friends and family if that's what you choose to see. It's what we have always done.

" Facebook is altering the mix of posts users see in their News Feed, showing more posts from friends and family members, in response to research suggesting that "meaningful interactions" promote psychological well-being."

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Mark Zuckerberg Says Facebook to Become 'More Meaningful' | Fortune

Facebook is changing the way it filters posts and videos on its centerpiece News Feed, amid a series of planned changes.

I'm the co-founder of Moptu and I applaud this move. However, the solution to creating a more meaningful social media experience sn't by getting rid of the focus on likes and discussion (How is removing the social elements of social media beneficial?).

The solution is twofold. Get rid of algorithms and let people only see what they CHOOSE to see. AND give people the ability to see everything, in the order it was posted, site-wide, by Topic, to counter the "echo chamber' effect. That's what we do. If you're an investor: write me. joshn@moptu.com.

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Facebook is making a major change to the News Feed that will show you more content from friends and family and less from

Facebook said Thursday that it will start to show users more posts from their friends and family in the News Feed, a move that means people will see fewer posts from publishers and brands.

We've been saying since we began Moptu that people want more, including articles, from their friends and family. That's why we created the only social platform specifically designed to share, organize, and discuss articles about ANYTHING you care about. We're looking for investors. If you are a VC or Angel, please get in touch with me. JoshN@Moptu.com

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Ditch the Comments Section For Social Media? - The Gate

Should media companies — perhaps even weblogs — ditch the Comments section for social media; or should they keep the Comments section and...

This is yet more proof of concept for Moptu. We created this platform as a place to share, organize, and discuss articles. We are the only social media site that was designed specifically for that purpose. If you're a VC, or other investor, we'd love to show you our deck! You can email me at joshn@moptu.com!

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The Rise of the Made-for-Instagram Museum

The age of Instagram has given rise to a new genre of installations, which seem to exist only to produce the perfect photo.

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We Can’t Stop Checking the News Either. Welcome to the New FOMO | WIRED

Who cares about my friends? I'm missing the news!

"Paradoxically, one strategy for coping with the overload is by adding to the stream. Kross says research has shown that people who actively engage more with social media—by tweeting in response to news, commenting on stories, posting messages, joining online groups—tend to be slightly happier than those who do not."

We agree! So join Moptwo, and then post, and keep posting!

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Moptwo Founders Charles Haspel & Josh Namm Set The High Bar

"Not only is Crossroads where we met; it's where we learned to set the bar high."

This is the story of Moptwo (click on the headline to see the full article). Everything you see on the site was accomplished by just two of us (and Charles is the only programmer). We have MILLIONS of article views (with a marketing budget of $0), but what we have so far is only an extremely basic version of our full concept. We are looking for investors to help us reach our actual potential as the ONLY social site designed specifically to share and organize articles while following people with similar interests. If you are interested, have questions, or for anything else, contact me at joshn@moptwo.com!

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Facebook just hit 2 billion monthly active human content-sharing servitude machines (or: "users")

So, the world's only got 7 billion people in it, and only 3.2 billion are online. On Tuesday, Facebook announced that they reached 2 billion monthly active users. So, yeah: Nearly two-thirds of the people on the Internet are on Facebook. Insert the You know what's really cool? joke here.

Facebook is the wheel and all of the other social sites, including ours, are the spokes. Which is WHY you only need a small piece of the social media pie to be extremely successful (Pinterest, Instagram, Reddit etc. are proof). Everything you see on Moptwo was accomplished by just two people (and only one is a programmer). We have MILLIONS of article views (with a marketing budget of $0). We are looking for investors to help us reach our actual potential. I am the co-founder. We are the ONLY social site designed specifically to share articles. Contact me at joshn@moptwo.com!

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Pin This: Pinterest just scored $150 million in funding

The company is valued at $12.3 billion.

Moptwo is looking for investors. If you are a VC, or have a connection to a VC, PLEASE contact me at joshn@moptwo.com. I am Moptwo's co-founder. If Pinterest is worth $12.3 BILLION - investing the relatively modest amount we are asking for in our first round of funding should be a an extremely easy decision. Not because we are another version of Pinterest, but because we are doing something unique that no other social media site has done, or is doing.

We are also in the midst of a major re-brand, vastly improved UX/UI updates, and the formulation of a new marketing strategy. We would be happy to talk to you about our numbers (which are impressive given our current marketing budget of: exactly NO dollars).

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Dogs to Follow on Social Media - Scientific American Blog Network

Companion animals have taken over social media, and these are the ones you should follow

Dogs AND social media-how cool is that?

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User Demographics of the Top 7 Social Networks | Marketing Infographic

Social media audience demographics can vary widely by social platform. Check out this highly useful infographic to see which user groups spend time on which social networks and do what there.

Moptwo wants to add significantly to that 37%. That may seem unlikely at this point, but we are about to unveil major new design, branding and overall experience upgrades. Keep an eye on us!

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10% of digital news consumers say 'Facebook' is a news outlet

At least only 10 percent of readers think it came from Facebook?

This is more proof of concept for Moptwo. Clearly, there is a shift happening toward social media as the primary source for news articles. We are the ONLY social media site designed specifically for users to share and organize articles in a social way.

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What The "Rogue" EPA, NPS and NASA Twitter Accounts Teach Us About The Future Of Social

The intense popularity of these new “rogue” Twitter accounts presents unique challenges for the future of how government communicates with its citizens