Saved by Patrick Workman
Internet for the People
Once upon a time, the Internet was predicated on user-generated content. The hope was that ordinary people would take advantage of the Web’s low barrier for publishing to post great things, motivated simply by the joy of open communication. But then ad sales came into play.
That business model is still what most of the Internet relies on today. Rev... See more
That business model is still what most of the Internet relies on today. Rev... See more
Kyle Chayka • How the Internet Turned Us Into Content Machines
fleet/re: Metaverse; or How can you colonize the intangible?
Companies have been successfully working on this for two decades but when the prospect of "owning" land in the Metaverse surfaced— and was subsequently swallowed up by the few, it became immediately obvious what the playbook was:
You'll own nothing out here, and nothing in there.
It wa
... See more“The internet, as we have known it, has evolved from a quaint, quirky place to a social utopia, and then to an algorithmic reality. In this reality, the primary task of these platforms is not about idealism or even entertainment — it is about extracting as much revenue as possible from human vanity, avarice, and narcissism.”