It’s TikTok’s World. Instagram Just Lives in It

You've probably seen Reels if you've opened an account on the photo sharing site. The photo-sharing app has started aggressively pushing the TikTok-like video feeds onto its users. In addition to showing you more viral videos, the feature also shows you less updates from your friends and loved ones. Adam Mosseri, the CEO of the photo sharing service, said that they are sticking with Reels and showing more videos, no matter how you feel about that.

Kate Knibbs is a senior writer at WIRED and she joins us to talk about Reels and why all the social media platforms are copying TikTok.

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You can watch Mosseri's recent video on the internet. Kate wrote a story about how her kids are being shown on social media. Kate will be filling in for Steven Levy in the Plaintext newsletter this week.

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The value of a whale is a book that Kate recommends. The film Nope is recommended by Lauren, as is the review of the film by WIRED. John Semley wrote a story about the companies racing to engineer new drugs in WIRED.

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