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Behind This. The Altantic's Anti-Stream Social Network

Have you heard about the odd little social network that Atlantic Media has been developing? The one named This., which limits the number of links its members can share a day to one? If not, it’s creator Andrew Golis describes it thus: “This. is an attempt to build on the rebellions against The Stream that are popping up all over. We love content recommendations from people we trust, but we can’t keep up, we feel constantly distracted, and are increasingly aware of how narrow ‘nowness’ is a primary definition of value.”
 

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