Content development is often a solo endeavor, but it shouldn’t have to be. Through combined creativity, resources, and distribution, collaborations offer tremendous options for creators to progress. But historically ‘collabs’ have relied on solely goodwill and been precluded by issues with trust, incentive alignment, and payments.
One question that pops straight up is how the value is shared when a subreddit is monetized. My view here is that the moderators and Reddit split this value. The moderators have worked tirelessly for a very long time for free, and this seems like the right incentive for them to take this up full time, improving the quality of subreddits.
Technology is on the cusp of enabling us to keep track of every person's economic contribution at a granular level and of compensating each person for that contribution and all instances at which it ends up being useful.
I was surprised. One of the hallmarks of the difference between American capitalism and capitalism in many emerging markets has been American capitalism is defined by the rule of law, by the absence of randomly exercised discretion and by predictability. And none of this seems consistent with those values. It was also very unclear what the rational... See more
The global video games industry is estimated to be worth $120B in 2018, bigger than the movie ($41B) and music ($19B) industries combined, with an estimated 2.5B players.
The premium subscriptions neobanks offer usually don’t win on features but solely on nicer looking cards. The N26 or Revolut Metal plans, for example, don’t offer any additional features that really justify the ~€15 / month price tag. They do include a nice looking metal card though – that’s what people pay for.