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A rare counterexample to the principle of specialization: your site should never seem like it was made by communications people, and the best way to achieve this is for it not to be. This is something founders should continue to micromanage forever.

Whereas Slack was clearly designed to be the home for one company and its employees -- each time you get invited to a new Slack workspace, you need to re-enter your email and go through the signup flow -- Discord was built for promiscuity. Discord users are expected to jump from server to server, and to slide into any other Discord user’s DMs.

Disinformation and Fake news: a single app would not control how to display and filter your feed, meaning that any enterprising developer could build their filters to spot unauthentic content and prevent the spread of misinformation.

The New York Times is using bundling better than any subscription product I can think of. The reason their bundle is so powerful is because they minimize SuperFan overlap, and maximize CasualFan overlap. Not sure what that means? Here's a breakdown on bundling strategy 🧵

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