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(old) interesting thread from @shef-curry. doing my best to summarieze and sharing my own POV below:

content layer of internet has no value, esp when cost of producing content trends to zero

aggregation layer of internet has all the value, eg curation whether done manually or by algo

crypto social platforms should focus on aggregation and *not* content generation

what does this mean?

allow anyone to create a custom feed

X kind of does this with "lists" but always chronological

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1. agree on value of curation: there's rising demand for feeds to be an extension of personal taste.

2. evidence: bluesky's custom feed system is mostly built by 3rd parties and reddit shows that aggregation / curation can be crowd-driven and sticky.

3. challenge: incumbents won't do it, new platforms have cold start problem, UX is still too complex for the avg person, + technical complexity is HARD.

4. opportunity: imo syndication + curation is the real play here.

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(old) interesting thread from @shef-curry. doing my best to summarieze and sharing my own POV below:

content layer of internet has no value, esp when cost of producing content trends to zero

aggregation layer of internet has all the value, eg curation whether done manually or by algo

crypto social platforms should focus on aggregation and *not* content generation

what does this mean?

allow anyone to create a custom feed

X kind of does this with "lists" but always chronological

##

1. agree on value of curation: there's rising demand for feeds to be an extension of personal taste.

2. evidence: bluesky's custom feed system is mostly built by 3rd parties and reddit shows that aggregation / curation can be crowd-driven and sticky.

3. challenge: incumbents won't do it, new platforms have cold start problem, UX is still too complex for the avg person, + technical complexity is HARD.

4. opportunity: imo syndication + curation is the real play here. 

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Fully agree with this. 

Most people don’t want to scroll forever, they want signal fast. 

Curation is how products stay relevant as content explodes. Still early, but huge upside here.