Social Stone Age

Why Venmo might be the last social network:

On Venmo, you won’t see influencers pushing affiliate links. Scrolling the app feels like a throwback to a lost era of social media, to a time when people used their feeds to connect with friends and share updates on what they were doing. That used to happen on Facebook, but the site is now more of a place for “Shrimp Jesus” than genuine social networking. TikTok, and to a lesser degree Instagram, are mainly platforms to watch short videos posted by strangers. And Twitter is now, well, X. Somehow, Venmo—Venmo!—lives on as one of the last real social networks.

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