{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/61efc450dc4aa800136f9bc1/64df940da136c90011d97a0e?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Tumblr CEO Matt Mullenweg on open-sourcing social media ","description":"<p>After taking WordPress from a small blogging site in the 2000s to an all-in-one website creation platform, which is now the backbone of around a third of all websites, Matt Mullenweg has now set his sights on social media. Now as CEO of Tumblr, Matt reveals his plans to revamp the site, welcome disillusioned ex-Twitter and Reddit users, and create a social site that is, at its core, open-source. In this episode:</p><p><br></p><ul><li>Matt’s battleplan for making Tumblr better</li><li>How social media sites copy features from competitors</li><li>Where Matt got his nickname as ‘the blog prince’</li><li>How Wordpress took on tech giants like Microsoft, Google &amp; AOL</li><li>Making Tumblr’s algorithm open-source</li><li>How AI will play a role in improving Tumblr</li><li>Is generative AI a concern?</li><li>Can social media actually help people connect?</li></ul><p><br></p><p>For more news, interviews and analysis <a href=\"https://www.standard.co.uk/business\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">go to standard.co.uk/business.</a> </p><p><br></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Evening Standard"}