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One challenge facing Meta is the relative difficulty in creating a compelling Reel as opposed to a compelling Story; I’ve mostly discussed this in the context of advertising, but it applies even more powerfully to creators, who have to organically earn their audience, not simply buy it. The more difficult it is to create something interesting the more valuable that skill is, and Meta may have to pay up, particularly if YouTube is doing exactly that (YouTube, notably, will not pay for duplicated content).
Google Earnings, YouTube’s Aggregation Bid, YouTube Shorts Monetization
stratechery.com
It is not contradictory for products to be simple as well as complete. Examples include the first versions of WhatsApp, Snapchat, Stripe, Twilio, Twitter, and Slack. Some of those later expanded to add complexity (Snapchat, Stripe, Slack), whereas some kept it simple as a permanent value (Twitter, WhatsApp). Virgin Air started with just a single route — small, but complete.
I Hate MVPs. So Do Your Customers. Make It SLC Instead.
blog.asmartbear.com
Not just another ChatGPT for your data.
Vectara is a developer-first API platform for easily building conversational search experiences that feature best-in-class Retrieval, Summarization, and “Grounded Generation” that all but eliminates hallucinations.
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