Now imagine a world in which this was not only a system-level setting, but an API as well. So all those services that already do this — the Kindles of the world, but also the Pockets, Instapapers, and Mediums — could tap into this functionality as well to further augment it. Hell, maybe even Microsoft Word and Google Docs and the like.
If you’re building a large-scale community with a global audience, forums are probably going to work better. They enable your audiences to have structured conversations and collaborate without requiring people to be online at the same time.
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Being closer to the consideration layer with utility-oriented content means XHS will be less substitutable for entertainment. Being closer to the conversion layer also lends its content to easy monetisation through either advertising or commerce.
- **Else statement.** Slack is the exception handler, when specific productivity apps don’t have a way to handle something. This should decrease in usefulness, as the apps build in handling of these use cases, and the companies build up internal processes.
Memes: The other reason people might want a token is simply the belief that other people want the token, and will want it in the future. You can call it faith, conviction, or memes, but, whatever you call it, the machine that generates belief in the growth of future value is always going to be an important consideration.
Entrepreneurs like Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk use a single unifying principle for decision-making Jeff Bezos: “Does this make the customer experience better?” Elon Musk: “Does this help us get to Mars?”
The other side of that idea – that everyone’s a creator – is that everyone’s also an investor. Time and energy are investments, even if they’re not always monetized. With an explicit financial layer in the form of tokens, users get a material stake in the platforms they use the most. The recent ENS airdrop is a good example of how this could work,... See more