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Facebook Is Dead (It Just Doesn’t Know It Yet)
In 2012, Zynga’s stock plummeted. While there were several reasons (games are a hit-driven business, talent left due to IPO payouts, etc.) one of the main ones is that Facebook games were down. Investors didn’t like that Facebook was so dependent on another company for it’s revenue, so Facebook adjusted their strategy to diminish the power of Zynga... See more
Adam Keesling • Not Found
The social media platforms solved distribution but forgot monetization... Art got roped in with information that was ‘supposed to be free’. It was common for new distribution channels like Instagram, Vine, Snapchat, and TikTok to launch and even scale with no native monetization features. Most creators weren’t selling physical media like CDs or get... See more
Jack Conte • How the Creator Crisis forced artists to be founders
Facebook already is a virtual graveyard—dead friendships full of memories, nothing more.