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why curation...
While social platforms are proving effective at pressure testing and gauging the customer response for new ideas, sometimes the general public isn’t the best curator for what’s next. It’s not just about the critical mass (how many people like something), it’s also about the credible mass ( who likes something). As algorithms mature, I suspect... See more
Scott Belsky • The Rise of Open-Sourced R&D, How Communal Resourcefulness Will Protect Us, & Wild Data Provocations
Second, I’m reflecting on a point former Netscape CEO Jim Barksdale famously made in 1995: “There are only two ways to make money in business: bundling and unbundling.” I think we’re burnt out by the fragmentation that the D2C era brought to everything. After subscribing to tons of hyper-niche content over the years, the idea of a couple brands we... See more
Michelle Rose Joseph • No. 13 — Reclaiming Discovery From the Algorithms
In an age of all information all at once + decision abundance
The new luxury is deep context + slowness
The job for the brand then, is to be able to create environment. That attracts someone to explore the depth of references
Reggie Jamestwitter.comKnowing where to go and what to do is the currency that, in the modern aspiration economy, makes curators more important than influencers. They guide their audience through culture by putting forward a selection of images, references, codes, product releases, or memes. Curation gives even mundane objects value by connecting them with a point of... See more
andjelicaaa.substack.com • Move Over Influencers, Here Come Curators
