Exactly, Netflix has a similar reputation as Google, if it's not a massive hit right out of the gate, they kill it. They've trained their audience and users to not invest in their products because they aren't going to last.

Nah, their high class, it would be a printed off certificate and a pizza party forgetting that I'm severely lactose intolerant.

I'm familiar with the prisoners dilemma but not the stag hunt aspect, I'll have to take your word for it until I have time to read up on that.

My first thought too.

As someone with severe ADHD this sounds like a great idea. Management is talking about moving me up into a project management role so I've been studying the concept and tools, I can totally see how this could help. Thanks for the idea!

I get what you're saying but Vine was an independent company that got bought by Twitter then killed.

I was thinking that Google should make their own app called YouTube shorts and take on tiktok that way. Google/YouTube is trying to have an all in one app, the problem is that muddies the waters and when you stand for everything you stand for nothing. Not to mention that YouTube spent years promoting longer for content and that's what the user base thinks of now when you say YouTube.

You can play off the YouTube brand with a separate app and still get the branding boost. But actively muddying the waters and annoying your user base is just.... well I would say bad business.... but given their track record, it's pretty on brand for a Google property.

True, but the podcasters I heard about this from were posting at least once a week with one three times a week. They were all pissed and talked about how it would potentially hurt their subscribership. And most left because of the switch.

Having only been a patron and not a creator I have no way to back up any of this other than relay the things I heard from their rants... which there were quite a few of after the initial announcement.

The change from pay per episode to per month was a direct result of crApple's 30% tax. This hurt Patreon directly because a bunch of creators were pissed about the change and blamed Patreon for not fighting back, so they left. So Patreon has lost revenue over this, how much I have no idea but I know several of the podcasts I listen to have stopped asking you to pay via Patreon and are now asking you to donate via Substack or their private donation page.

That's great, I hate it.

always has been.

It's 1:30 A.M. and the 24 hour hairdresser hotline (1-800-cut-hair) was shut down years ago, maybe you could explain.

And that's all I'll do, I won't bug anyone about it or anything. I know my own kind. And since having to deal with people would be necessary to claim a portion of the prize money, I won't even bother anyone with that!