
The New American Dream Is Sponsored by Meta: ANA VIKTORIA DZINIC

Getting a job through compulsive tweeting marked my first exposure to the digital attention economy that was beginning to monopolize the Internet. I grasped a new formula: content = attention = followers = profit. Anything that made enough noise online could be monetized in one way or another. My online presence increasingly felt like a carefully c... See more
Kyle Chayka • Coming of Age at the Dawn of the Social Internet | The New Yorker

Any enterprising creator can build a business as a curator of products, monetizing her influence. Savvy businesses underpin this new economy. Flagship, one of my portfolio companies at Daybreak, allows anyone with a community to launch their own boutique storefront that showcases their favorite products. They earn ~20% of sales in exchange for dire... See more
Clicks & Clout: How We Seek Status In the Digital Age

