Sarah Tavel (@sarahtavel), partner at Benchmark, and Ben Rubin (@benrbn), founder of Houseparty and Meerkat, join Erik on this episode. They discuss: - Where the white space is in social and the possibilities for vertical-specific social networks. - Why Facebook looks to young people today the way Yahoo! looked to Sarah’s generation. - What participatory social looks like and how to solve the problem of presence. - Their ideas for new social networks. - What Twitter could have been. - How social interacts with gaming, audio, dating, and other spaces. Thanks for listening — if you like what you hear, please review us on your favorite podcast platform. Check us out on the web at villageglobal.vc or get in touch with us on Twitter @villageglobal. Venture Stories is brought to you by Village Global and is hosted by co-founder and partner, Erik Torenberg. Grace Chen is our audio engineer and the show is produced by Brett Bolkowy.