Caldwell Clarke

There’s a coming generative AI content explosion, @MDucard @eastoncenter says, but “we need to honor and empower creators.” The best content will always center human creativity, but how do we use generative AI as a tool to enhance that instead of overshadow it?

From @MDucard @eastoncenter “The Pinterest algorithm prioritizes time well spent over time spent… Algorithms don’t just happen. Algorithms are a choice.” As we build the next generation of platforms, we have an opportunity to build systems that have a genuinely positive effect

@cjc World famous hotboys is by far the best I’ve ever had

Best fried chicken sandwich spot in SF? I’ve had: - The Bird - Proposition Chicken - Starbird Chicken - Village Rotisserie - Mendocino Farms - Popeyes - Miss Mazy’s

One day people will learn that decentralization is a tool, not an answer. If you are banking on “decentralization” to win, you will lose.

most mainstream tech discourse comes in two flavors: either (1) all tech is evil + run by white supremacist megacapitalists, or (2) startups are the root of progress + paul graham is literally god. both options are dissatisfying. here's my alternative: reboothq.substack.com/p/manifesto

I’m mildly obsessed with our broken digital advertising system. I think you can trace a lot of the misery of the internet back to it. @swodinsky spends more time in the weeds of this world than any journalist I know. Here’s our sprawling chat about bad ads warzel.substack.com/p/the-internet…

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i avoided crypto discourse for ages - i assumed that it was a space full of get-rich-quick grifters and rabid anarcho-capitalists (they certainly exist). but here's why i think crypto is worth understanding, especially for those interested in tech's social implications:

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If we pull on the thread of creators as internet workers, where does that take us? History rhymes, and we can look at past labor movements for clues: - Creator rights and protections - Creator- and community-owned platforms

Let's stop celebrating creator funds, incremental creator features, and shallow rhetoric about creator empowerment. All of these will fail to solve creators' economic precarity, so long as we fail to fix the fundamental issue, which is OWNERSHIP.

@whturkington Lmao yeah it was down near Melrose

@Caldwellcsc Is this real???

Someone proposed to Mollie Pratt in the sky and then took the time out of their day to flame Joe Rogan

What 30% Means Fanhouse is a startup that pays 90% of transactions to creators. Apple is now threatening to remove us from the app store unless we give them 30% of all transactions, resulting in creators only receiving 60% of their earnings. Here's what 30% means to creators.

#fuckapple, a thread I cofounded @fanhouseapp 8 months ago to empower creators to monetize their content. We pay creators 90% of earnings. Now, Apple is threatening to remove Fanhouse from the app store unless we give them 30% of creator earnings. This is theft and exploitation.

We’re witnessing a new asset class dominated by online community coordination. This is the rise of micro-economies ✅ Co-authored with @_kinjalbshah on @viamirror ⬇️ coopahtroopa.mirror.xyz/gWY6Kfebs9wHdf…

Got my second dose. Very curious whether Bill or Melinda will be the one controlling me after the divorce

Signal tried to use Instagram ads to display the data Facebook collects about you and sells access to. Facebook wasn't into the idea, and shut down our account instead: signal.org/blog/the-insta…