š¤ User research for consumer tech startups
š§ Innovation in social systems
[Instagram] is a fun product that millions of people seem to love; that is unwholesome in large doses; that makes a sizable minority feel more anxious, more depressed, and worse about their bodies; and that many people struggle to use in moderation. What does that sound like to you? To me, it sounds like alcoholā a social lubricant that can be... See more
The past several years have been characterized by higher and higher private company valuations, which, when the public markets for tech companies reset over the past few months, left venture capital investors that had invested in later stage private rounds in the red on these investments. In other words, not dissimilar from the issues that... See more
By building out their social elements (which are coming after the game is more fleshed out), STEPN has the opportunity to build the first fitness app for non-athletes. It feels meaningful that they went with the name āSTEPNā instead of āRUNāN.ā Itās for casual use, not necessarily for athletes.
Stripeāand now Frontierāaims to be a ābuyer of first resort,ā sending a demand-side signal to entrepreneurs and investors that a large market for permanent carbon removal exists.
Early Internet users used alternate spelling or āleetspeakā to bypass word filters in chat rooms, image boards, online games and forums. But algorithmic content moderation systems are more pervasive on the modern Internet, and often end up silencing marginalized communities and important discussions.