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Though new sexual wellness categories are trending among lingerie brands, Victoria’s Secret has yet to go there. The mall retailer, which was expected to be acquired by private equity firm Sycamore Partners until the deal fell apart last week, has increasingly lost market share as it’s seen increased competition from more inclusive competitors and ... See more
Glossy • Fashion brands are getting in on the sexual wellness boom
However, a new breed of networks is gaining ground with the content-first model. They provide users with tools to create a corpus of content, and then enable conversations around that content. Behance, Pinterest, Instagram, Dribble, Scoop.It have all gained traction by building a corpus of content before building a social network.
Sangeet Paul Choudary • Social products win with utility, not invites (Guest Post) at andrewchen
Most single-purpose work management tools are, basically, hierarchical networks. Tool vendors understand they need the best of all worlds to foster collaboration.
Anton Iokov • The Knowledge Organization
In other words, internet-native governance is no longer just a reflection of decisions but a process of decision-making itself that actively builds relationships, gets people excited about shared goals, and increases the probability of completing these goals successfully. In that sense, the key part of governance to measure isn’t the vote, but the ... See more
Lightspeed Democracy • Go Fork Yourself - Not Boring by Packy McCormick
That said, the platform may not have a clear sense of the contributions’ value, especially early on, so there needs to be a mechanism for experimentation and recalibration around token distribution.
Andreessen Horowitz (AZ) • A Novel Framework for Reputation-Based Systems
The Kindle: Reinventing the Book - Commoncog Case Library
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This is how technology should work: starting with a human need, and a purpose, technology should extend outwards with the intent of expanding the human, not confining or reducing.
John Borthwick • Building bicycles for our minds
So long as Substack offers a great publishing platform (and helps grow audiences) they will have enough writers. Yes, Author Development will still be a staffed function and various incentives (such as the well-covered Pro guarantees) may exist, but I’m actually not worried about the ‘supply side’ of their business, at least at the top of the funne
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