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Both Bluesky and Lemon8 are designed to be black holes. We are all of us craving something new, places and spaces online that we can go to feel good and have fun and be inspired. These are normal human things to want; people want to be around each other. But it is almost impossible to create or maintain that kind of space if your company's goal is
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And as soon as a bundle is partially unbundled, there are two options: stop offering the part of the bundle that now has a competing single-purpose product, at which point the bundle switches from optimally-priced to overpriced, or keep offering it and accept lower margins. Bundles grow gracefully and shrink painfully.
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A live streamed event in June of 2019 sold 400 cars over Pinduoduo in 18 seconds.
Turner Novak • Pinduoduo and Vertically Integrated Social Commerce
Community can serve one of three purposes:
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It still hasn't found a business model. Telegram has supported payments since 2017 and has recently experimented with advertisements. Neither has caught fire so far. To reach "default alive" status, Durov's team may look for inspiration from WeChat and others.
Mario Gabriele • Telegram: How to Counter-Attack | The Generalist
Bill cannot think of an activity that turns off more brain cells than tribal affiliation
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My content budget is finite. I only have so much time and money to indulge this very specific itch that Stratechery scratches. The other content in the bundle is extraneous. I could take it or leave it; and I can definitely substitute it with other entertainment.