An unbundling of online social spaces and a retreat to the cozy web, which has resulted in a blossoming of niche creative communities

Something about social media feels different this year.We’re watching a fundamental shift in how and where people want to engage online. As trust declines and user habits evolve, it’s clear we’re heading toward a new phase of social. So what does that mean for brands, users, and the future of social as we know it?🌊 Big platforms are losing their... See more

The future of the internet that most excites me is also, in many ways, a snapshot of its past. It’s a place where the Neil Gaimans of the world don’t need to feed their thoughts into an engagement engine, but can instead put out a virtual shingle on their own small patch of cyberspace and attract and build a more intimate community of like-minded... See more

• The future of internet media is less, but better.  Time and attention are precious, finite resources. How we spend them determines the quality of our lives. We believe media practitioners have a responsibility to treat time and attention as sacred, refusing to churn out commoditized filler content or algorithmic bait, and instead only ask for

... See more