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noplace, a mashup of Twitter and Myspace for Gen Z, hits No. 1 on the App Store (techcrunch.com)
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[โ€“] Vytle@lemmy.world 54 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Something's weird with this; I have heard absolutely nothing about this. Surely this is botted? Social media platforms don't take off like this. Regardless of if its legit or not; who is funding this? No social media platform ever makes a profit.

[โ€“] paris@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 5 months ago

Pretty sure they ran a shitload of ads on tiktok using vc money before the app even released.