mymind.com seems to be trying to differentiate in this way. it's not exactly what you're looking for, but could certainly evolve in that direction. worth a look if you haven't seen it already
i'm not persuaded the bottleneck is knowing what to check out next. at least for me, right now, i have a list of things my friends have recommended to me across all kinda of art and media that i don't lack a discovery queue. i do suffer from distraction and the ad-based internet. so some kind of platforms that don't do that to me would be nice. but also, there's been such a splintering of platforms that, as you note, they each are just serving up their own content and half of the stuff i want to access, i don't have a legal way of doing it right now.
Totally agree. For casual social media, charging $8/month seems outlandish and is mocked. But for specialized functions with seriously value, you’ll get less users at a higher price point.
I’d pay a lot to have a monthly curated syllabus of reading, videos, and podcasts based on my recent writings (essays and notes).
How much would you pay for the use case you brought up in this essay? How many people do you think would want that? Maybe this isn’t a venture opportunity, but it’s a space for a small/focused company to bring in revenue.
mymind.com seems to be trying to differentiate in this way. it's not exactly what you're looking for, but could certainly evolve in that direction. worth a look if you haven't seen it already
enjoyable blog as always.
i'm not persuaded the bottleneck is knowing what to check out next. at least for me, right now, i have a list of things my friends have recommended to me across all kinda of art and media that i don't lack a discovery queue. i do suffer from distraction and the ad-based internet. so some kind of platforms that don't do that to me would be nice. but also, there's been such a splintering of platforms that, as you note, they each are just serving up their own content and half of the stuff i want to access, i don't have a legal way of doing it right now.
Totally agree. For casual social media, charging $8/month seems outlandish and is mocked. But for specialized functions with seriously value, you’ll get less users at a higher price point.
I’d pay a lot to have a monthly curated syllabus of reading, videos, and podcasts based on my recent writings (essays and notes).
How much would you pay for the use case you brought up in this essay? How many people do you think would want that? Maybe this isn’t a venture opportunity, but it’s a space for a small/focused company to bring in revenue.