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From a status standpoint, TikTok’s social status currency is outcompeting everyone else right now. On the surface, it’s because TikTok’s users are engaging in a lot of high-status, high-engagement behaviour that’s entertaining and valuable. But deep down, none of that behaviour is new. It’s TikTok’s technology, completely below the waterline, that’... See more
Alex Danco • Scarcity Status versus Abundance Status (Gift Culture Part 3)
Nathan Ting
@nathanting
Much like Tik Tok, it captured the attention of the next wave of consumers. Gen-Z doesn't have much buying power today, they push the boundaries of how humans interact with computers, and their data requires more careful handling… but Gen-Z is maturing fast, how they communicate and spend their time could make the next trillion dollar company.
Derek Yang • #2 - Discord and the Creator Economy
The latest frothy app to receive the “next big thing” treatment is Poparazzi, an app that allegedly is blowing up because it doesn’t let you use the front-facing camera on your phone.
Ed Zitron • Silicon Valley's Social App and Teen Obsession
Christina Guo
@cguo16
TikTok is turning Ivy League campuses into mini studio lots, and I’m honestly surprised this isn’t a bigger thing. It really could be. Students like Yale’s Sanaa Williams and Harvard sophomore Olivia Zhang are going viral for sharing “BTS” moments inside the world’s most elite schools. Hopeful prospectives are bingeing these videos as an act of fai