Morten Myrstad
Exploring The Future of Internet, The Future of Media and The Future of Money. Web3, The Metaverse, AI & The Creator Economy. Founder of Kaupr, Unleash by Kaupr & The New Company. kaupr.io
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- Incredibly grateful for everyone who’s been part of this journey so far – colleagues, partners, builders, and friends across the Nordics and beyond. 2025 was a big step for Kaupr, and it feels more like a starting point than a finished chapter.
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- Why is Elon Musk Throttling the Signal App? Links to a popular encrypted messaging app used by federal workers are being blocked on X. Self-professed free speech crusader Elon Musk seems to be trying to censor users on his own platform.
- How is it possible to present «breaking news» about Trump and Putin «agreed» on piece negotiations for Ukraine? Even from Norwegian broadcasters like NRK and TV2. Isn’t there one party missing in this way of presenting «news»?
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- More than 60 German universities and academic institutions said in a joint statement that X was now incompatible with their principles. "The platform's current direction is not compatible with the basic values of the institutions concerned», they said.
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- AI Agents and Crypto: The New Narrative in 2025 AI plus crypto, powered by AI agents and backed by an open and social internet, has become the new narrative in the transition between 2024 and 2025. What were previously seen as separate technologies are now converging.
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- Now comes the AI agents: A new industrial revolution? Artificial intelligence is entering a new era, with generative AI giving way to agentic AI-systems that act independently and perform complex tasks. You can read your article in English and Norwegian on kaupr.io www.kaupr.io/en-us/news/n...
- Norwegians are changing their social media habits: 7% of Norwegians aged 18 and older now use Bluesky weekly, equivalent to 310,000 people, with 4% using it daily. Threads has 5% weekly and 2% daily users. For X, the figures are at 16% weekly and 10% daily.
- A few months ago, few had heard of the X challenger. Now, over 300,000 Norwegians use Bluesky. Seven percent of all adult Norwegians use the social media platform Bluesky weekly. Meanwhile, half of X users report plans to reduce their usage. Is a shift in dominance approaching?
- For noen måneder siden hadde få hørt om X-utfordreren. Nå bruker over 300.000 nordmenn Bluesky. Sju prosent av alle voksne nordmenn bruker det sosiale mediet Bluesky hver uke. Samtidig sier halvparten av X-brukerne at de vil bruke X mindre framover. Nærmer det seg et tronskifte?
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- How one Canadian is trying to keep a fast-growing social media platform troll-free As Bluesky Social's head of trust and safety, it's up to Rodericks to keep one of the fastest growing social media platforms from becoming a playground for trolls, misinformation and election interference.
- For Bluesky, Massive User Uptick Brings Growing Pains and Divisive Bots It’s not just human users who’ve been flocking to Bluesky but also bots, including those designed to create partisan division or direct users to junk websites.
- Elon Musk’s Critics Stripped of Verification Badge After Publicly Challenging Billionaire: ‘The Beginning Stages of Censorship’ Several conservative critics of billionaire Trump surrogate Elon Musk were stripped of their verification badges on X after challenging Musk’s stance on immigration.
- Are you curious about the development of your or others' followers on Bluesky? There are now at least two third party services available: blueskycounter.com and bstat.app
- «Leaving a platform requires both a compelling reason and an immediate viable alternative. Musk’s acquisition of Twitter was a compelling reason for many users, and there have been a number of policy, design and cultural changes since that have compelled even more users to jump ship.»
- Bluesky versus Threads: A new survey shows a deep political divide between social media's newest rivals. Bluesky's user base skews heavily Democratic, with nearly half of its users identifying with the party. In contrast, only 34% of Threads users identified as either Democrat or Independent.
- Bluesky has demonstrated appeal to the news industry, with reports of better referral traffic, a chronological timeline that suits breaking news, the ability to customise feeds and a general creative spark that some say reminds them of early Twitter. theconversation.com/what-does-th...
- «SocialPilot now supports Bluesky, letting you connect, schedule, and manage posts effortlessly across text, images and videos from one dashboard.» www.socialpilot.co/product-upda...
- For an increasing number of users there is one crucial difference w/X: Bluesky is not run by a megalomaniac billionaire intent on bending the world to his will. Wang believes the reason that Bluesky is rising while others are stalling comes down to control. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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- 66% of respondents in a Reuter global survey watch short news videos every week — but two-thirds of that viewing still takes place on platforms like Instagram. TikTok and YouTube. Publishers like The Economist, NYT & Washington Posf are trying to change that. www.niemanlab.org/2024/12/news...
- Social network Bluesky said on Christmas that it is testing a trending topics view. The trending topics are visible both on the desktop and mobile apps of the social network for users across the world. The testing is in English only. techcrunch.com/2024/12/25/b...
- More Americans Get Their News From YouTube — and There’s No Going Back A recent Pew Research Center study found that 54 percent of U.S. adults now get at least some of their information from YouTube newscasters, 25 percent of them on a regular basis. www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/dig...
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- Meet Skyseed, a VC fund and incubator backing the Bluesky and AT Protocol VC founder Peter Wang: «enthusiasm reminding me of the internet in 1996» «I think we could get to $5 [million] to $10 million» Since the launch, in the region of 50 projects have come in. techcrunch.com/2024/12/21/m...
- Flipboard's new app for browsing the open social web is on Product Hunt Social magazine app maker Flipboard is reinventing itself through the new app, Surf. Surf weaves Mastodon, Threads, Bluesky, RSS feeds, podcasts, and YouTube into customizable feeds. www.producthunt.com/posts/flipbo...
- Flipboard’s new app is a discovery engine for the decentralized web Surf weaves Mastodon, Threads, Bluesky, RSS feeds, podcasts, and YouTube into something that wouldn’t have been possible until recently. www.fastcompany.com/91248612/fli...
- Maybe somewhat early, but: Could Bluesky Be the Next Facebook Killer? With growing concerns over data privacy, algorithm manipulation, and corporate control, many users are actively seeking alternatives to Facebook. Enter Bluesky, a decentralized social media platform. vocal.media/longevity/co...
- Bluesky's latest update addresses an important verification problem Now, when you verify your identity on the platform with your own domain, Bluesky will no longer free up your old .bsky.social username. www.engadget.com/social-media...
- Italy fines OpenAI over ChatGPT privacy rules breach Italian data regulator fines OpenAI 15 mln euros Company says decision disproportionate, to file appeal Watchdog briefly banned ChatGPT last year Open AI ordered to launch media campaign over ChatGPT data usage www.reuters.com/technology/i...
- Rebuilding the Creator Economy, with Jesse Polak What if, by “going onchain” through blockchain-based apps & platforms, creators could gain complete ownership over their content and create new revenue models, where they (not publishers or platforms) could set the terms? pods.media/evolving-mon...
- Bluesky wants to be a new home for creators, on their terms. 🦋 In this episode of Buffer Chat, host Kirsti Lang sits down with Rose Wang, COO of Bluesky, to explore the platform that’s shaking up social media as we know it. youtu.be/GxgTgEgwAiY?...
- Bluesky now has a specific tab for mentions in your notifications as part of the app’s just-released 1.96 update. With the mentions tab, it’s much easier to see your replies or conversations you’ve been tagged in on the platform. Remember to update your app. www.theverge.com/2024/12/19/2...
- How Claude Became Tech Insiders’ Chatbot of Choice A.I. insiders are falling for Claude, a chatbot from Anthropic. Is it a passing fad, or a preview of artificial relationships to come? Claude has become the chatbot of choice for a crowd of savvy tech insiders. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/13/t...
- Perplexity acquires Carbon to connect AI search to your work files By bringing Carbon’s technology and staff on board, Perplexity could be opening the door to launching enterprise search products. techcrunch.com/2024/12/18/p...
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- The team behind the Flipboard app have launched what they describe as “the world’s first browser for the social web”. The app, called Surf, have been in closed beta for some months, but is now in public beta. #socialweb www.theverge.com/2024/12/18/2...
- Perplexity continues to expand its AI-based search platform. Now Perplexity have acquired the data connectivity startup Carbon. Perplexity will integrate Carbon's data connectors into it’s tech stack, allowing users to connect apps like Google Docs directly. www.perplexity.ai/hub/blog/wel...
