The goal shouldn’t be to recreate offline governance, online, after a period of trial-and-error. Internet-native organizations can’t and shouldn’t operate like geographic governments because they don’t face the same constraints. Once online governance models evolve past a certain point, they should be both different from and superior to offline... See more
COVID-19: While some long-awaited titles such as Last of Us 2 and Ghost Of Tsushima have seen their releases delayed due to the virus temporarily disrupting production, the pandemic has, by and large, been a massive tailwind for the industry. U.S. consumers spent a record $10.9 billion on games during the first quarter of 2020, and Twitch... See more
If you’re going to basically declare that Twitter is a sacred public good, the world’s town square, you’ve got to at least acknowledge—and presumably have an argument to justify—the fact that there’s something just a little troubling about the richest man in the world buying the town square.
the transcript of a four hour, incredible speech given by Allen Zhang at WeChat’s Open Class Pro event in 2019
Bundling is one of the next big ideas for platforms like Substack and bundles can make very obvious economic sense. But today - they typically require you to bundle platform and payment. This crytpo-economic model of tokenized essays however allows for a radical new way of bundling. Creators can bundle not at the platform layer (i.e. publishing at... See more
A long and excellent interview with Brunello Cucinelli by Om. Made me love the guy!
He tells The Verge that Spotify will incorporate a hybrid business model with three distinct parts. One will involve the typical user subscription revenue, another is advertising dollars through its podcast ad marketplace and music streaming ads, and the third is a la carte options, like helping musicians and podcasters sell merch, tour tickets, or... See more