Category: Creator Economy
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Discord Digest # 35: The Spotify drama continues, plus suggestions for visiting in the age of COVID
https://www.discovery-studios.com/ The below was originally published in our weekly Discord digest, which is designed to aggregate the most important conversations and resources being shared in our Discord server. If you’re not in our server yet, please take just five seconds to authorize the Memberful Discord bot, which should automatically give you access. Throughout this digest, we have indicated…
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Why People Are Paying $100K To Change Their Profile to a Digital Ape
https://www.discovery-studios.com/ I publish essays about building products in the creator economy every two weeks. Join thousands of other readers by subscribing below: Subscribe now Dear subscribers, Last weekend, Steph Curry paid $180,000 to change his Twitter profile to a Bored Ape: a.image2.image-link.image2-446-590 { display: inline; padding-bottom: 75.59322033898304%; padding-bottom: min(75.59322033898304%, 446px); width: 100%; height: 0; }…
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One Main Income Stream Is How You Ruin Your Life.
https://www.discovery-studios.com/ The one-income life is a terrible life. I learned the hard way. Earlier in my career I worked in finance. I dreamt of getting closer to the world of online writing. So I convinced a former colleague to hire me at a social media agency. My role was to manage a team of digital…
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Gaming is Consuming the World
https://www.discovery-studios.com/ I publish essays about the creator economy and product management every two weeks. Join 5,000+ other readers by subscribing below: Subscribe now Dear subscribers, Gaming made $175B globally in 2020. That’s bigger than the: Movies ($81B) and music industries ($23B) combined NFL, NBA, NHL, and MLB combined ($75B) What used to be a fringe…
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Roblox: Video Gaming, the Creator Economy, and the Metaverse
https://www.discovery-studios.com/ I publish essays about the creator economy and product management every two weeks. Join 5,000+ other readers by subscribing below: Subscribe now Dear subscribers, Roblox is a company that sits at the intersection of gaming and the creator economy. Naturally, I have to do a deep dive. Great games are expensive to make. For example,…
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Cash Habits to Make You (Stupidly) Time Wealthy.
https://www.discovery-studios.com/ Don’t act like a drunk around money. It’s bad for your financial future. Many of us have terrible behavior around money. We get it. We spend it too quick. We don’t understand its role. Money buys you time. With time you can do and be anything you want. I call it the life of…
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Myspace, Tumblr, and the Long-Lost Weirdness of the Social Internet
https://www.discovery-studios.com/ This is a weekly newsletter about how tech and culture intersect. To receive Digital Native in your inbox each week, subscribe here: Subscribe now Myspace, Tumblr, and the Long-Lost Weirdness of the Social Internet Last week, Facebook Meta shares dropped 26% in a single day, erasing $250 billion in market cap—the largest single-day drop…
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66,700 New Subscribers from LinkedIn in 24 Hours.
https://www.discovery-studios.com/ LinkedIn accidentally abandoned writers a few years ago. TikTok took off. Instagram stories of genetically modified butts became popular. Everyone wanted video. LinkedIn caved. They added video. Video everywhere. At the same time they deprioritized LinkedIn articles. They didn’t remove the feature. They simply reduced the organic reach. Nobody knew. To date, most people…
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What Social Apps Can Gain From Video Game Design and Monetization
https://www.discovery-studios.com/ I publish essays about the creator economy and product management every two weeks. Join 5,000+ other readers by subscribing below: Subscribe now Dear subscribers, A few months ago, I tweeted that: <div class="tweet" data-attrs="{"url":"https://twitter.com/petergyang/status/1394815705938202629?s=20","full_text":"Every consumer PM should spend time playing @FortniteGame and @Roblox to understand the monetization models of the future.","username":"petergyang","name":"Peter Yang","date":"Wed May 19…
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There Are Just Two Kinds Of Social Apps
https://www.discovery-studios.com/ I publish essays about the creator economy and product management every two weeks. Join 5,000+ other readers by subscribing below: Subscribe now Dear subscribers, “Social media” actually refers to two very different types of apps: Social: “I want to connect with others.” Media: “I want to be entertained.” An app that pursues both at…
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