Rachel Chen

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Try taking a “rock” activity and think through how to make it a “sand” activity. e.g., Books → Blogging → Microblogging, Movies/TV → short videos, etc. Or try taking a “rock” activity and think through what a “water” would look like on top. e.g., Working out → Aaptiv. Gaming → Discord. etc.
The Opportunity and Risks for Consumer Startups in a Social Distancing World — A Framework for Consumer Attention. | by Sarah Tavel | Medium
Similar amplifiers exist in the software world, but they often come in the form of a set of tools. Take the Instagram photo editor for example: Applying filters to your photos makes them look nicer and hopefully more noticeable in the app’s status arena – aka the newsfeed.
Signaling as a Service
Instead of monetizing network membership, the software products that monetize most successfully have chosen another strategy: Make memberships free and monetize signal amplification instead.
Signaling as a Service
Conspicuous consumption describes the practice of purchasing luxury goods (or services) for the sake of signaling the buyer’s wealth in order to attain or maintain a certain social status.
Signaling as a Service
productivity and collaboration shouldn’t be treated separately
Superhuman & the Productivity Meta-Layer « julian.digital
I want to end by being frank with you: Dia is not really a reaction to Arc and its shortcomings. No. Imagine writing an essay justifying why you were moving on from your candle business at the dawn of electric light. Electric intelligence is here — and it would be naive of us to pretend it doesn’t fundamentally change the kind of product we need to build to meet the moment.
Letter to Arc members 2025