Gen Zs are finding their tribe through being able to search in specific hashtags or specific rooms of people who are interested in same things. Going into subreddits, that subreddit leading to a Discord community of people who came from Reddit, to wanting to chat in a room. There are lots of Gen Zs who are tweeting a list of their favorite influenc... See more
Here’s where we get to the real insight of the book, which isn’t actually an insight about software. It’s an insight about the relationship between creators and platforms.
AWS and Amazon itself, having both normalized e-commerce amongst consumers and incentivized the creation of fulfillment networks, made the creation of standalone e-commerce companies more viable than ever before. This meant that Dollar Shave Club, hosted on AWS servers, could neutralize P&G’s distribution advantage: on the Internet, shelf space is ... See more
My concern is not an explicit critique of what Li Jin would describe as the need for a creator’s middle class. Although I do believe that some of my beliefs would make for an interesting conversation clash with her. Instead, it is circling what happens when we make monetization an expansive possibility within the platforms we interact in.