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The new formula for fandom is: community x autonomy x equity

If I aired a highlight reel of your most selfish life moments and most shameful thoughts, you'd seem like an awful person. If I aired a reel of your best, kindest moments, you'd seem like a saint. But people aren't highlight reels, and the unedited cut is always a messy mix!

A decade or so ago, people started realizing that every single idea on the internet has been done before. What started was a trend towards hyper-niching. Nowadays, you can find very specific blogs on Labrador Training raking in 200,000 monthly users, but if you'd start a "Dog Training" site today, you would never get to that point.

Many newsletter creators offer services outside the scope of their newsletter. These are “digital goods”: training modules, white papers, access to private communities, etc. As lifelong learning becomes an absolute necessity to remain competitive in a constantly changing world, these digital goods could also be monetized with brands by tapping into... See more

While platforms and marketplaces vertically unbundled production from distribution and encouraged distributed and decentralised production, the ability to horizontally bundle market infrastructure and governance enabled them to centralize governance and rewards.

Anyone who predicts the death of cities has already met their spouse.

Many community members will likely have similar questions or issues, and you’d like to point them to a library of common answers