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my social feeds seemed to finish their years-long transformation from a neighborhood populated with friends to a glossy condo development of brands.

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.

There is nothing bad about staying “Invite only” for a long time. It’s actually great when it’s done for the right reasons, i.e. carefully selecting the right customers to ensure they are fully delighted with the current version of your product. The goal is to avoid unnecessary churn while you’re still trying to find your product/market fit. It als... See more

Traditionally, you'd find labels like "organic" and "sustainably-grown" in the grocery aisle, but the same verbiage is becoming popular in the fashion industry, too.

This emphasis on creator independence, or giving individuals tools to self publish and promote, has brought with it many benefits, however, as we discussed previously, I believe there to be a real ceiling on the heavily individuated approaches of places like Patreon or substack.

—Tina Jiang, Product Manager at Faire

The sooner you welcome uncertainty and not-knowing as normal ways of being, the better off you’ll be.