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Unlike conversation in the wild, I can  know exactly how well each tweet did, and I can instantly compare my overall popularity  with that of any other user. This can provide all sorts of pleasures: the thrill of victory, when  we see those numbers tick up; and the sense of long-term achievement, presented in precise  and unquestionable... See more

For creators, Rally is the entry point to a whole new way of monetization and community management. Rally smooths the adoption process for a creator to launch their own economy and provides intuitive APIs that allows each creator coin to act as programmable money that creators and artists can integrate anywhere they engage with their audience.

Influencers on social channels like Twitch/Discord/Reddit are driving game discovery. By cultivating early adopter communities, developers will be able to self-publish instead of relying on conventional marketing tactics. The top two games of 2019 (Respawn’s Apex Legends and Riot’s Teamfight Tactics) were both marketed primarily via Twitch... See more

“It gets harder all the time, Bev Shaw once said. Harder, yet easier. One gets used to things getting harder; one ceases to be surprised that what used to be hard as hard can be grows harder yet.”

― J.M. Coetzee, Disgrace

Your community members work for the community, not for you.

In general, it’s not wrong to trust things more if they have social proof or market validation. “If people I trust believe this, it’s more likely to be true” and “if people paid money for this, it’s more likely to be useful” aren’t totally wrong.

On the other hand, it’s  really not hard  for an absolutely terrible idea to get enough market

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Here’s what I can’t say to you in front of your face: I’m worried about the future of your maximum taste. People in my and earlier generations, at least those lucky enough to get a college education, got some exposure to the classics, which lit a fire that gets rekindled every time we sit down to read something really excellent. I worry that it’s

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