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After 10 Years of Building Consumer Social Apps, I've Decided...
Creator Economy- anyone who is creating community around original content.
Sam Yam • a16z Podcast: How the Passion Economy Is Redefining Work | Andreessen Horowitz
Second, I’m reflecting on a point former Netscape CEO Jim Barksdale famously made in 1995: “There are only two ways to make money in business: bundling and unbundling.” I think we’re burnt out by the fragmentation that the D2C era brought to everything. After subscribing to tons of hyper-niche content over the years, the idea of a couple brands we ... See more
Michelle Rose Joseph • No. 13 — Reclaiming Discovery From the Algorithms
I have thousands of photos of my children but few that I’ve set aside to revisit. I have records of virtually every text I’ve sent since I was in college but no idea how to find the ones that meant something. I spent years blasting my thoughts to millions of people on X and Facebook even as I fell behind on correspondence with dear friends. I have... See more
Sari Azout • "What Does Sublime Actually Do?"
I was entering adulthood and trying to live my childhood dream, but now, to be “authentic,” I had to be the product I had long been posting online, as opposed to the person I was growing up to be.
New York Times • Opinion | YouTube Gave Me Everything. Then I Grew Up.
experience
Craig Mod • Post-Artifact Books and Publishing
“The villain here is not necessarily the internet, or even the idea of social media,” she writes. “It is the invasive logic of commercial social media, and its financial incentive to keep us in a profitable state of anxiety, envy, and distraction.” The business model of platforms like this — which rely on advertising and clicks and “en
... See moreJenny Odell • How to quit Facebook without quitting Facebook
The next wave of big consumer companies will be community-based products:
- Niche, not everything to everyone
- Unique aesthetic
- Built-in community
- More memorable than big platforms
- Rewarding loyalty
- Unbundling large platforms
- An experience not a transaction
- Fun
Many Blueprint employees followed the developments in Ms. Southern’s lawsuit, in which she contended that Mr. Johnson had breached a promise to pay her $150,000 in exchange for rent and moving out of their home after their breakup.
Mr. Johnson successfully moved the lawsuit to arbitration. In 2023, an arbitrator ruled that Ms. Southern must adhere t... See more
Mr. Johnson successfully moved the lawsuit to arbitration. In 2023, an arbitrator ruled that Ms. Southern must adhere t... See more