The public blockchain amounts to a single, massive users table for the entire Internet, and the next wave of distributed applications will be built on top of it.
But for most creators, it will likely be a challenge to build an individual community around their singular presence... most fans would probably prefer to join a community around multiple artists, rather than to have separate Discord channels and low-liquidity tokens for each of the 500 creators they love.
In a non-tokenized subscription world, I have no real incentive to help the media brand grow. As such, I may be perfectly happy to share my subscription with other people, set an auto-forward on the newsletter I pay for, and so on.
At the global level, countries with mature media markets like the US and EU subsidize the service for those in developing countries where the user value is low as a matter of national economics. Facebook could never support WhatsApp in the Global South without the rich North paying the bills (just a little reminder to those who view advertising as... See more
We are getting closer to a consumer-controlled world, and every company that spends money on advertising will be forced to find a new way to do business.
When it comes to maternal health, the conversation mostly revolves around (successful) pregnancy and motherhood. However, the ups and downs of the preconception journey are often left out of the conversation, causing many to feel lost and isolated.