One of the weirdest things a lot of creator economy type companies do is put a lot of effort into getting big name creators on their platform. Why would you favor the 0.1% of creators who were able to thrive in the old system in favor of the 99.9% who’s been left behind?

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It’s also just like boring? Why are you building something to help people who don’t need it

sigh. tired old tale. it’s like you’re clearly setting examples of “hey look this works” by using ppl who you know this will work for bc they’re famous but ignore the majority of the ppl who this will always be predatory on and never work for.

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Yeah an example i think there are a streaming platform forgot what its called and they paid some streamers to only stream on their platform and forbidden it to stream on their competitors

I would never trust someone who pays for trust

Trust is expensive
You can pay 100$ for a famous creator and it will work because alot of people trust them

Its different than paying 100$ for 100 new creator

I propose we stop using the word “cabal” and start using the word “plastics” lol.

I propose we stop using the word “cabal” and start using the word “plastics” lol.

https://meangirls.fandom.com/wiki/The_Plastics

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designer & maker (trust over attention) | creator of IRL walk & talk club | prev founding team rara.social | EV grantee @Mercatus, YakCollective, IIT Kanpur CS

Yes in web2 social networks based on follower-following relationships, they promoted power law dominated hubs. 

but its not a given for social networks to have a power law. 

social clubs in offline world(like the one i host or parties in hollywood or academic collaborations or startup teams) have more of a small-world structure than scale-free networks like that of Twitter & Instagram. 

Initial era of Facebook was more small-world like when it was limited to elite college campuses like Harvard.

i think generally *everything* falls into the power law

VC, stocks, tokens, habits, relationships et al 

so the big 0.1% creators will bring in 98% of the viewership / volumes and so on 

although w noice anybody can earn via a like

exactly.

creator economy leads to

1. a power law (rich/famous get richer and more famous)

2. hopium-filled slotmachine for the poor to keep playing to win algorithmic lottery (tiktok style)

🤮

cc: @tike @matthew 

on the other side, 
p2p tipping with noice or 

small-group onchain poker like with farpoker or onchain commerce (marketplace selling of merch or services) - those are more realistic ways to make a bit of money for the average user consistently