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Read this korrent: There is no attention economy: attention cannot serve as money, so a platform must always convert it into cash at somebody's expense.
There is no attention economy: attention cannot serve as money, so a platform must always convert it into cash at somebody's expense.
Last stated 4 years ago
21 Jan 2023
CD
Cory Doctorow — holds since 2023-01-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Not monetizing what you put online now reads as strange behaviour that has to be explained. — tap to centre the map on it
Not monetizing what you put online now reads as strange behaviour that has to be explained.
Last stated 6 months ago
3 May 2026
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Derek Sivers — holds since 2026-05-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Contributing to the internet without monetizing it is still the right way to be online, even after the surrounding culture stopped doing it. — tap to centre the map on it
Contributing to the internet without monetizing it is still the right way to be online, even after the surrounding culture stopped doing it.
Last stated 6 months ago
3 May 2026
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Derek Sivers — holds since 2026-05-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A platform hands out free attention to creators only until they are committed to it, and then withdraws it and sells what they built. — tap to centre the map on it
A platform hands out free attention to creators only until they are committed to it, and then withdraws it and sells what they built.
Last stated 4 years ago
21 Jan 2023
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Cory Doctorow — holds since 2023-01-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A full-time job is not the best way to monetise a skill; it is one package among several, and defaulting to it is a faulty plan. — tap to centre the map on it
A full-time job is not the best way to monetise a skill; it is one package among several, and defaulting to it is a faulty plan.
Last stated 2 years ago
19 Jan 2025
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Elena Verna — holds since 2025-01-19 — 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
TG
Ted Gioia — holds since 2024-02-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A product monetised through what users pay for their own engagement beats one monetised by advertising, because ads work by sending the user away. — tap to centre the map on it
A product monetised through what users pay for their own engagement beats one monetised by advertising, because ads work by sending the user away.
Last stated 5 months ago
2 Jun 2026
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Mark Pincus — holds since 2026-06-02 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A site's need to monetise is not a defence of an experience that shifts the page under the reader; those are separate questions. — tap to centre the map on it
A site's need to monetise is not a defence of an experience that shifts the page under the reader; those are separate questions.
Last stated 2 months ago
19 Aug 2026
AO
Addy Osmani — holds since 2026-08-19 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Charging users money is the fix for social media, because a paying user is the customer rather than the product. — tap to centre the map on it
Charging users money is the fix for social media, because a paying user is the customer rather than the product.
Last stated 3 years ago
29 Jun 2023
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George Hotz — holds since 2023-06-29 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A "good business" now means one that can display quarter-on-quarter stock growth, not one that makes good products at a fair price. — tap to centre the map on it
A "good business" now means one that can display quarter-on-quarter stock growth, not one that makes good products at a fair price.
Last stated a year ago
21 May 2025
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Ed Zitron — holds since 2025-05-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A competitive market involves no personal rivalry and no personal haggling — tap to centre the map on it
A competitive market involves no personal rivalry and no personal haggling
MF
Milton Friedman — holds since c. 1962 — 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: Only because control of production is divided among many independent people does nobody have complete power over us — tap to centre the map on it
Only because control of production is divided among many independent people does nobody have complete power over us
FH
Friedrich Hayek — holds since c. 1944 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Private property is the most important guarantee of freedom, for owners and scarcely less for non-owners — tap to centre the map on it
Private property is the most important guarantee of freedom, for owners and scarcely less for non-owners
FH
Friedrich Hayek — holds since c. 1944 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The only rightful security of property is the right to enjoy and bequeath what one's own talents and industry acquired — tap to centre the map on it
The only rightful security of property is the right to enjoy and bequeath what one's own talents and industry acquired
Last stated 236 years ago
18 Dec 1790
MW
Mary Wollstonecraft — holds since 1790-12-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A platform's failure to moderate or to cooperate belongs in a civil proceeding against the company before it becomes a criminal case against its founder. — tap to centre the map on it
A platform's failure to moderate or to cooperate belongs in a civil proceeding against the company before it becomes a criminal case against its founder.
Last stated 2 years ago
26 Aug 2024
MM
Mike Masnick — holds since 2024-08-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A threat loses First Amendment protection only if the speaker was at least reckless about it being taken as a threat. — tap to centre the map on it
A threat loses First Amendment protection only if the speaker was at least reckless about it being taken as a threat.
Last stated 3 years ago
27 Jun 2023
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Ken White — holds since 2023-06-27 — tap for who they are
Same subject: An independently owned platform is a necessary counterweight to the government and the mainstream media. — tap to centre the map on it
An independently owned platform is a necessary counterweight to the government and the mainstream media.
Last stated 3 years ago
20 Feb 2024
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Bill Ackman — holds since 2024-02-20 — tap for who they are
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