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Some communities at least take the first step to have some sort of access dependent on your token activities, usually a Discord server or channel. But access is only the first step to membership. Permissions are too closely tied to access right now, and status is left as too abstract a concept.

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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Second, we must move beyond thinking of platform content moderation policies as “the solution” and prioritize rethinking design. Policy establishes guardrails and provides justification to disrupt certain information cascades, but does so reactively and, presently, based on the message substance. Although policy shapes propagation, it does so

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When your readers pay for your writing, they are the only ones who can fire you

Hardware enablers—AirPods and smart speakers—are colliding with changes in consumer behavior. On top of that, screen fatigue is drumming up demand for screen-less content. This confluence of factors is creating huge demand for “water”—for audio content and audio-first social networks.