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For social networks, one way to monetize is via social amplification. Instead of cutting off your users by imposing a paywall or membership, charge them to separate themselves from the crowd. Tinder does this with super likes. Fortnite does this with virtual skins. And nowadays, some DAOs, like FWB, are token-gating their Discords so members can jo... See more

A continuous process allows new participants becoming important parts of the ecosystem (participating in new products, governance, etc.) to also be able to capture the similar benefits as legacy users. Lets not punish those later than us on a binary scale, especially if they are coming late and adding more value. You want users who bring the most v... See more

Google owns all the starting points. Just flipped open the laptop? Open Chrome. Need to find something? Google Search. Time to check your email? Gmail. Using a non-Apple smartphone? Android. Need to go somewhere? Google Maps / Waze. Looking for a video? Youtube. Need to work on something? Google Docs/Drive. And the list goes on.

Maybe “what have you done for the world” isn’t even the right question. It assumes an acting upon, separate from-ness. What if the good stuff happens less when you act upon the world and more when you become one with it? Part of it.

Conor has a big vision for collective intelligence but to get there Roam first has to focus on individual intelligence until they hit critical mass

o make things concrete, it helps to break down "how someone wants to live" into atoms, which I call values. For instance, someone might want to live honestly, courageously, creatively, etc.

Working in Public opens by challenging a common perception about open source today: the idea that it’s collaborative.