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soulcruzer
soulcruzerJul 10, 2026
I don’t usually weigh in on political matters, …
I don't usually weigh in on political matters, but as an independent creator, discovery is already hard enough. Now the UK government is putting its thumbs down on the scale. YouTube & TikTok Compelled To Boost BBC & ITV Content Under UK Government Plans The government’s argument is basically that the media landscape has changed,...
creator economypolitics
Brennan Kenneth Brown ♾️
Brennan Kenneth Brown ♾️Jan 20, 2026
How You Can Support Indie Creators—and You Need To
Beyond tipping culture, there are meaningful ways to support independent creators that don't involve money. Here are eight of the best.
Creator EconomyDigital Culture
brennan.day
brennan.dayJan 20, 2026
How You Can Support Indie Creators—and You Need To
Beyond tipping culture, there are meaningful ways to support independent creators that don't involve money. Here are eight of the best.
Creator EconomyDigital Culture
Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet
Tedium: The Dull Side of the InternetNov 19, 2025
Big Opinion, Big Budget
The New York Times’ choice to publish a video op-ed by the CEO of Patreon points at why exec-produced video op-eds might be a bad idea.
patreoncreator economy
Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet
Tedium: The Dull Side of the InternetMay 16, 2025
Build Your Own Gumball
Considering how the user benefits when a mature project goes fully open-source—even one with the baggage of something like Gumroad.
gumroadSahil Lavingia
Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet
Tedium: The Dull Side of the InternetMay 2, 2025
The Finance Team Lost One
For years, many of Apple’s most consumer-unfriendly decisions have felt like an extension of a revenue-optimization strategy at constant risk of backfiring. Thanks to a bracing legal decision, now it has.
appleiphone
Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet
Tedium: The Dull Side of the InternetApr 6, 2025
Gunkroad
The creator-economy service Gumroad decided to open-source its platform at a suspiciously convenient time. (And even “open source” might be stretching it.)
gumroadcreator
Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet
Tedium: The Dull Side of the InternetDec 20, 2024
The Thrill Was Never There
A famous punk-music personality reveals he was in it for the money—a revelation that has upset fans. But to be fair, it was the algorithm that pushed him in that direction.
youtubepunk rock
Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet
Tedium: The Dull Side of the InternetNov 23, 2024
Not Ready For The Camera
Why hasn’t video completely killed text-based social media, despite social platforms clearly favoring it? Simple: By its very nature, it excludes voices from the discussion.
videosocial media
augment
augmentAug 28, 2024
Escaping the Rigged Internet - Human-Generated Content
human generated contentactivitypub
augment
augmentAug 14, 2024
The Fediverse and Front Porches - Human-Generated Content
Human Generated Content, Issue 6
human generated contentactivitypub
Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet
Tedium: The Dull Side of the InternetAug 13, 2024
Platforms Built On Quicksand
Given the choice between protecting creators and protecting a business relationship with a dominant, toxic company, Patreon chooses the business relationship. Maybe they shouldn’t.
patreoncreator economy
augment
augmentJul 12, 2024
The Threads Creator Paradox
threadssocial media
augment
augmentJun 3, 2024
Patreon Belongs in the Fediverse
Patreon needs to become Threads before Threads become Patreon.
patreonthreads
Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet
Tedium: The Dull Side of the InternetMay 31, 2024
Losing Sight Of Creators
Instead of building ways to block ads, we need to make the case for the tech-minded to build creator-supporting ideas. Creators would help.
creatorscreator economy
Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet
Tedium: The Dull Side of the InternetFeb 6, 2024
Remaking Podcasts For Text
Podcasts are far and away the great example of how RSS can empower creators. Today’s thought experiment: How can we bring these benefits to written content?
rsspodcasting
Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet
Tedium: The Dull Side of the InternetDec 28, 2023
The Open Letter Still Works
Our final year-end Tedium award honors an open letter that hopefully encourages more creator-economy activism in 2024.
open letterssubstack
frankhecker.com
frankhecker.comDec 7, 2023
Microculture vs. macroculture
In which I comment on Ted Gioia’s thoughts on the future of culture.
microculturemacroculture
Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet
Tedium: The Dull Side of the InternetSep 19, 2023
The Obvious Warning Sign
The decision by Unity to screw over its developers, even if they reverse it, points at deeper unresolved issues in the digital economy.
unityvideo games
frankhecker.com
frankhecker.comJun 17, 2023
That’s some pretty expensive market research
When people spend big VC money to discover what they could have found just reading my blog.
creator economyventure capitalism
frankhecker.com
frankhecker.comFeb 6, 2023
Patreon earnings per patron and “1,000 true fans”
I look at Patreon earnings per patron, and how possible it is to acquire 1,000 true fans.
PatreonLife in Patreonia
frankhecker.com
frankhecker.comJan 24, 2023
The number of patrons per Patreon project is log-normally distributed
What it says in the title.
Patreoncreator economy
frankhecker.com
frankhecker.comJan 21, 2023
Life in Patreonia: Inequality in the “creator economy”
If Patreon were a country, it would be the most unequal country in the world.
Patreoncreator economy
Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet
Tedium: The Dull Side of the InternetJul 9, 2021
No Computers Allowed
Thinking about what, exactly, remote work and the creator economy looked like before all these computers got in the way.
creatorcreativity