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← Commercial platforms exist not to let art live and flourish but to flatten it into commodity.
17 connected korrents · 17 moments from 30 Jan 2019 to 21 Oct 2026.
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capitalism Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Read this korrent: Commercial platforms exist not to let art live and flourish but to flatten it into commodity. Commercial platforms exist not to let art live and flourish but to flatten it into commodity. Last stated a year ago
25 Sept 2025
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Darius Kazemi — holds since 2025-09-25 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A platform requires the content it hosts to be legible to the platform's own systems, not just to people. — tap to centre the map on it A platform requires the content it hosts to be legible to the platform's own systems, not just to people. Last stated a year ago
25 Sept 2025
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Darius Kazemi — holds since 2025-09-25 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The technology platforms are not patrons of culture: their aim is addiction, because an addicted audience is the customer they want. — tap to centre the map on it The technology platforms are not patrons of culture: their aim is addiction, because an addicted audience is the customer they want. Last stated 3 years ago
18 Feb 2024
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Ted Gioia — holds since 2024-02-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI models are not commodities, and people who think they are fungible have not actually used them. — tap to centre the map on it AI models are not commodities, and people who think they are fungible have not actually used them. Last stated 2 months ago
6 Sept 2026
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Anish Acharya — holds since 2026-09-06 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The emergence of the platform economy has led to the offshoring of commercialization in addition to the offshoring of production. — tap to centre the map on it The emergence of the platform economy has led to the offshoring of commercialization in addition to the offshoring of production. Last stated 11 months ago
5 Dec 2025
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Cristina Fernández de Kirchner — holds since 2025-12-05 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A platform of creators and developers is a durable moat, because an ecosystem, unlike a feature, cannot be cloned. — tap to centre the map on it A platform of creators and developers is a durable moat, because an ecosystem, unlike a feature, cannot be cloned. Last stated 6 months ago
26 Apr 2026
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Evan Spiegel — holds since 2026-04-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Putting a price on creative expression makes it suffer, while giving it away freely lets it thrive. — tap to centre the map on it Putting a price on creative expression makes it suffer, while giving it away freely lets it thrive. Last stated 6 months ago
23 Apr 2026
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Mari Andrew — holds since 2026-04-23 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Platforms run by technically capable, well-intentioned people can preserve content more reliably over decades than typical government or corporate web infrastructure. — tap to centre the map on it Platforms run by technically capable, well-intentioned people can preserve content more reliably over decades than typical government or corporate web infrastructure. Last stated 6 months ago
30 Apr 2026
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Anil Dash — holds since 2026-04-30 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A market becomes commodified through fungibility of alternatives, not merely through lower price. — tap to centre the map on it A market becomes commodified through fungibility of alternatives, not merely through lower price. Last stated 2 months ago
26 Aug 2026
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Rohit Krishnan — holds since 2026-08-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A builder asked to addict users should leave, because there are always other jobs and no amount of money is worth tearing up the fabric of a society. — tap to centre the map on it A builder asked to addict users should leave, because there are always other jobs and no amount of money is worth tearing up the fabric of a society. Last stated 5 months ago
7 Jun 2026
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Tony Fadell — holds since 2026-06-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A product that speeds up turning intention into reality increases appetite for continued use, then charges for that continuation. — tap to centre the map on it A product that speeds up turning intention into reality increases appetite for continued use, then charges for that continuation. Last stated 2 months ago
19 Aug 2026
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Kenneth Reitz — holds since 2026-08-19 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A profit motive inside a game holds players there long past the point where they are still enjoying it. — tap to centre the map on it A profit motive inside a game holds players there long past the point where they are still enjoying it. Last stated 8 years ago
30 Jan 2019
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Raph Koster — holds since 2019-01-30 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A badly written AI outbound email is evidence of a bad vendor, not of a limit of AI. — tap to centre the map on it A badly written AI outbound email is evidence of a bad vendor, not of a limit of AI. Last stated 10 months ago
1 Jan 2026
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Jason Lemkin — holds since 2026-01-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A bigger context window does not give you a smarter model; the intelligence of the model is what decides how much of that window it can actually attend to. — tap to centre the map on it A bigger context window does not give you a smarter model; the intelligence of the model is what decides how much of that window it can actually attend to. Last stated 3 months ago
15 Jul 2026
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Dex Horthy — holds since 2026-07-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A body of publications is easy for AI models to consume via pretraining corpora but cumbersome for most humans due to CAPTCHAs, accounts, and paywalls. — tap to centre the map on it A body of publications is easy for AI models to consume via pretraining corpora but cumbersome for most humans due to CAPTCHAs, accounts, and paywalls. Last stated a month ago
17 Sept 2026
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Patrick Collison — holds since 2026-09-17 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A PHP vulnerability found with GPT-5.6 Sol will cause havoc this week. — tap to centre the map on it A PHP vulnerability found with GPT-5.6 Sol will cause havoc this week. Last stated 3 days ago
21 Oct 2026
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Peter Steinberger — holds since 2026-10-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A startup should not begin life as a nonprofit and bolt a for-profit arm on later, whatever OpenAI's own history suggests. — tap to centre the map on it A startup should not begin life as a nonprofit and bolt a for-profit arm on later, whatever OpenAI's own history suggests. Last stated 3 years ago
18 Mar 2024
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Sam Altman — holds since 2024-03-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A tiny language model inventing a plausible-sounding name is the same phenomenon as a large one confidently stating a false fact. — tap to centre the map on it A tiny language model inventing a plausible-sounding name is the same phenomenon as a large one confidently stating a false fact. Last stated 8 months ago
12 Feb 2026
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Andrej Karpathy — holds since 2026-02-12 — tap for who they are
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Commercial platforms exist not to let art live and flourish but to flatten it into commodity.
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A platform requires the content it hosts to be legible to the platform's own systems, not just to people.
Holds
The technology platforms are not patrons of culture: their aim is addiction, because an addicted audience is the customer they want.
Holds
AI models are not commodities, and people who think they are fungible have not actually used them.
Holds
The emergence of the platform economy has led to the offshoring of commercialization in addition to the offshoring of production.
Holds
A platform of creators and developers is a durable moat, because an ecosystem, unlike a feature, cannot be cloned.
Holds
Putting a price on creative expression makes it suffer, while giving it away freely lets it thrive.
Holds
Platforms run by technically capable, well-intentioned people can preserve content more reliably over decades than typical government or corporate web infrastructure.
Holds
A market becomes commodified through fungibility of alternatives, not merely through lower price.
Holds
A builder asked to addict users should leave, because there are always other jobs and no amount of money is worth tearing up the fabric of a society.
Holds
A product that speeds up turning intention into reality increases appetite for continued use, then charges for that continuation.
Holds
A profit motive inside a game holds players there long past the point where they are still enjoying it.
Holds
A badly written AI outbound email is evidence of a bad vendor, not of a limit of AI.
Holds
A bigger context window does not give you a smarter model; the intelligence of the model is what decides how much of that window it can actually attend to.
Holds
A body of publications is easy for AI models to consume via pretraining corpora but cumbersome for most humans due to CAPTCHAs, accounts, and paywalls.
Holds
A PHP vulnerability found with GPT-5.6 Sol will cause havoc this week.
Holds
A startup should not begin life as a nonprofit and bolt a for-profit arm on later, whatever OpenAI's own history suggests.
Holds
A tiny language model inventing a plausible-sounding name is the same phenomenon as a large one confidently stating a false fact.
Holds