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The End of the 1 Billion Active User Ad-Supported Consumer Startup
Andrew Chenandrewchen.substack.com

In fact, I’d argue an emerging class of creators and consumer brands is actually employing curation as a business strategy. Gohar World, Ganni and Soeur have been sharing city travel guides, Ghia has been sharing Spotify playlists, and tastemakers like Olympia Gayot and Alex Eagle are joining entirely new social platforms purpose-built for discover... See more
Michelle Rose Joseph • No. 13 — Reclaiming Discovery From the Algorithms
Over the past ten years, media companies have responded to their loss of audience by creating “viral” editorial that performs well inside the platform’s engagement-at-all-costs ecosystem. Predictably, however, quality editorial – the context journalists create for a living – rarely qualifies as viral.
John Battelle • John Battelle's Search Blog Marketers Have Given Up on Context, And Our National Discourse Is Suffering
Scott Belsky Talk at South Park Commons
Often designs from frustration
Right now, greater skill is being brought by compute and developing a democratization of many things (code, design, etc.). Because of this, taste will probably be the most important skill
Taste is derived from culture and overlap of industries
Because of that
"Close The App, Make The Ting": Elijah's Yellow Squares are making a difference by cutting through the noise
dmy.co
Curators Are the New Creators. The Business Model of Good Taste | by Gaby Goldberg | Medium
Gaby Goldberggabygoldberg.medium.com