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Bye, Trolls • Tracy Chou (Block Party)
Manage episode 358758177 series 2983349
Block Party CEO & Founder, Tracy Chou, joins Niki remotely to talk about what her team is doing to make the internet a safer place and why she’s passionate about their mission. Her app puts control back in the hands of social media users using block lists, lock-out filters, and other tips and tricks to combat trolls. The conversation covers why the social media giants aren’t incentivized to do this work themselves, what action is needed for third-party app innovation to thrive, and what, as users (and people) our options are - and should be.
"…it [API access] is actually a win-win-win where the platforms don't have to invest their product and engineering resources in building out the surface area of safety product. And it's some stuff that would never make sense for them to build." -Tracy Chou
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○ Learn more about Block Party
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- Learn More at www.techedup.com
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- Check out video on YouTube
- Follow Niki on LinkedIn
90 episodes
Manage episode 358758177 series 2983349
Block Party CEO & Founder, Tracy Chou, joins Niki remotely to talk about what her team is doing to make the internet a safer place and why she’s passionate about their mission. Her app puts control back in the hands of social media users using block lists, lock-out filters, and other tips and tricks to combat trolls. The conversation covers why the social media giants aren’t incentivized to do this work themselves, what action is needed for third-party app innovation to thrive, and what, as users (and people) our options are - and should be.
"…it [API access] is actually a win-win-win where the platforms don't have to invest their product and engineering resources in building out the surface area of safety product. And it's some stuff that would never make sense for them to build." -Tracy Chou
○ Follow Tracy on LinkedIn
○ Learn more about Block Party
○ Follow Block Party on Twitter
○ Follow Niki on Twitter
- Learn More at www.techedup.com
- Follow us on Instagram
- Check out video on YouTube
- Follow Niki on LinkedIn
90 episodes
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