jack conte (creator of patreon) lamenting FYP algorithms and acting weirdly nostalgic about web 2.0??

feels like a middleman getting mad at a new middleman

he's been spreading stuff like this for a while, it feels like a way to put patreon back in the fold as a counter-culture alternative but it falls flat for me

I like building crypto apps and learning new things. 

vmathur.com

I think it's a slight over-romanticization of the past and an exaggeration of the current situation. I think he overindexes on TikTok, which does have weaker creator-fan bonds but much stronger discovery. YouTube did and still allows creators to get good discovery and build deeper bonds IMO

yeah this just doesn’t hit at all imo

interesting study that people probably don’t want “anti-instagram” tho