🔎 Today’s Daily Sift: Social Media TODAY’S SIFT // Social Media & Digital Culture Preview The feed is fading. Attention is splintering into smaller, smarter, more private streams. ⸻ Macro Forces Social gravity is shifting away from public timelines toward group chats, broadcast channels, and algorithmic discovery. Platforms are no longer destinations. They are layers sitting on top of behavior. ⸻ Technology Shift AI content is not just improving quality. It is mastering timing. Content now appears exactly when it is most likely to hit. Creation is becoming reactive, almost reflexive. ⸻ Market Shift Short form video is baseline. The real competition now: Recommendation engines Monetization systems Private distribution Creators are evolving into capital allocators, choosing platforms based on yield, not just reach. ⸻ Capital Flow Investment is moving away from new social apps and into creator tools. AI editors Audience analytics Cross platform distribution Infrastructure is...