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I can see a similar future for podcasts: Spotify, if they are successful, may end up being the biggest player, but that doesn’t mean new and different business models that directly link suppliers and consumers won’t emerge. It will, in other words, look like everything else touched by the Internet: very large winners on one end, and small niche win... See more

Smart speaker user base growth rate slowed in 2019 over 2018 despite adding more than 20 million new users

Zuckerberg also acknowledged that there is still a debate over the degree to which audio — particularly live audio — ought to be moderated. If I walk by your picnic table in the park and hear you sharing misinformation with your friends, I’m not going to call the police. If the same conversation took place on Facebook audio rooms, should moderators... See more

While results of many past and present influencer marketing partnerships have been evaluated based on vanity metrics like follower counts, likes/comments, or general website traffic, in the future we’ll likely see a much stronger focus on data and metrics that paint a clear picture of ROI for each campaign. This will likely be aided by tools and pl... See more

We use a blanket word for these values: meaning. In a good space, we explore what's meaningful to us—not what's efficacious. Spaces are where you can live expressively, and treat yourself as a source of surprise

“I think we will get to a place where there is no real distinction between the metaverse and the universe, they are the same sort of thing”

So it needs to create a model in which it takes a smaller piece of a larger pie in order to do what it does best: aggregate and monetize attention and commerce.