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With Amo, the founder of Zenly wants to m... - aVenture News

With Amo, the founder of Zenly wants to make social apps social again

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By Romain Dillet

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With Amo, the founder of Zenly wants to make social apps social again

In 2018, I wrote a TechCrunch article stating that 2018 was “the year social networks were no longer social.” Reflecting on that article, I’m not sure that 2018 was the turning point. But the premise of the article still holds up well. At some point, social networks were no longer about connecting with your closest […]

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