I’m Building an Algorithm That Doesn’t Rot Your Brain

They call these feeds “For You” but it’s not for you. It’s for them.

Powerful stuff as always from Jack Conte, CEO of Patreon.

Some open questions of course – like, how would Patreon try and filter stuff if it had as much as say X or YouTube?

Also, ads are actually kind of great for funding internet distributed digital stuff.

They aren’t the enemy, they’re just ads.

The reality is that creators want as many eyeballs and earholes as possible. And only so many want to - or are able to - pay. Bless their hearts, they’re the best. But because of the scaling of digital media, you don’t actually need everyone to pay.

My take is Patreon (and my own 10er!) are super important, wonderful services that work great on their own or alongside the ad-bound platforms.