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Social Media = Sharecropping? — Regina Anaejionu
Influencers, now a slowly fading cliché in the Internet’s tableau vivant, found success articulating the cult of personality, and marketing themselves as direct-to-consumer-goods. The shift away from this algorithmic surrender can be traced to the macro and micro “creator economies” spawned by the likes of Patreon, Substack, OnlyFans and even... See more
Eileen Isagon Skyers • Dirt: Are we post-platform?
The message is clear: the future of creative expression online isn't about renting space on someone else's platform—it's about building your own.
As the appeal of social media continues to deteriorate for creatives, those who invest in owned platforms today are positioning themselves for a more sustainable and independent tomorrow. The question now... See more
As the appeal of social media continues to deteriorate for creatives, those who invest in owned platforms today are positioning themselves for a more sustainable and independent tomorrow. The question now... See more
Tom May • Social Media in 2025: Why Creatives Are Ditching 'Rented' Spaces for Owned Platforms
What’s being concentrated, in other words, is not content but the economic value of content. [The platforms] have realized that they can give away the tools of production but maintain ownership over the resulting products. One of the fundamental economic characteristics of Web 2.0 is the distribution of production into the hands of the many and the... See more
Tara McMullin • 'The Creator Economy Is Eating Creative Acts'
https://www.whatworks.fyi/p/im-so-over-this-or-the-trouble-with
I think Tara McMullin nails how I’ve been thinking about social media platforms and Substack. What am I going to do next? Write to my website developer and tell her to go ahead with creating a newsletter option for my website :)