Opportunities in Consumer Social

What’s the role of a social network in a user-centric web3 world? No longer platform-centric venues, social networks become portals into a metaverse, full of opportunity. Users own the value they create and carry the credibility they accrue. Social Investing 2.0 promotes meaningful connections that lead to platform agnostic, liquid collaboration be... See more

We’re already seeing this unbundling of consumer platforms starting within communities that have a deep affinity and sense of identity, and are not well served by general purpose social networks – for example, gaming communities assembling in virtual worlds such as Minecraft and Roblox and using Discord to communicate, communities that coalesce aro... See more

Why is consumer social exciting again? What are the opportunities in consumer social today? Some thoughts on the above, plus specific ideas & requests for consumer social startups 👇

Think back … Way way way back to the early days of web2.0. Feeds were the new thing and social graphs were open. Products like Spotify, Yelp and Zynga all leveraged this open social layer to grow massive user bases and billion dollar valuations. Then the social networks shut it down. Closed off the ability to integrate, all in support of t... See more