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Michael Lewis • Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon
Poparazzi seems to lack any of the hallmarks of anything lasting. There is nothing new to the mode, nothing that cannot be done elsewhere, nothing truly unique or interesting. Restricting what you can do in a social network works with the length of a video, but it doesn’t really work with photos. It’s just another app that will be gone in a few mon... See more
Ed Zitron • Silicon Valley's Social App and Teen Obsession
“There Has to Be a Line”: Substack’s Founders Dive Headfirst Into the Culture Wars
Joe Pompeovanityfair.com
The Past, Present, and Future of Search
joincolossus.comThe first good thing about Substack is there’s no canceling. A young, talented heterodox thinker doesn’t have to worry that less talented conformists in his or her organization will use ideology as an outlet for their resentments. The next good thing is there are no ads, just subscription revenue. Online writers don’t have to chase clicks by writin... See more
David Brooks • Opinion | The Future of Nonconformity (Published 2020)
The first wave of media was fueled by cheap audience acquisition from social media companies like Facebook which created BuzzFeed and UpWorth. The second wave is the subscription wave. Consumers want curation, contextualization, and recommendations
Nathan Baschez • Journalism, Subscriptions, and Podcasting with Li Jin and Nathan Baschez
