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When Live Streaming Becomes a Digital Colosseum: The Dark Reality of Platform Responsibility

When Live Streaming Becomes a Digital Colosseum: The Dark Reality of Platform Responsibility

Imagine watching your favorite creator go live and chat explodes with donations, not celebrating success, but paying to watch them break down on camera. The more pain, the bigger the payout. Welcome to the dark economy of digital coliseums where human suffering has become content.

My Takeaways from the Mix It Up Town Hall - What's Really Going on Behind the Scenes

My Takeaways from the Mix It Up Town Hall - What's Really Going on Behind the Scenes

Mix It Up's town hall revealed the bot serves 60,000 monthly streamers but costs $10K yearly to run. With original developers stepping back, remaining lead Tim showed rare transparency about finances and future plans while promising to keep core features free.

YouTube's New Hype Feature: Great Idea, Confusing Execution

YouTube's New Hype Feature: Great Idea, Confusing Execution

YouTube's new Hype feature lets viewers boost creators' long-form videos, but confusing eligibility requirements leave smaller creators behind. Who can actually use it when YouTube's own help docs contradict themselves?

What Moonbeam's Town Hall Taught Me About the Future of Creator Platforms

What Moonbeam's Town Hall Taught Me About the Future of Creator Platforms

Moonbeam's town hall revealed a different approach to creator platforms: prioritizing wellbeing over endless content grinding. Sometimes you need to post vacation photos instead of forcing another stream when exhausted.

Why the Open Source Community Feels Like It's Breaking (And How We Fix It)

Why the Open Source Community Feels Like It's Breaking (And How We Fix It)

The open source community feels like it's at war with itself. We're spending more energy fighting each other than building cool stuff together. We all started around the same campfire, but now everyone's defensive about their own territory. Time to get back to basics.

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