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Li Jin
li.substack.com · Personal blog · on HN since 2020
Li Jin, a venture investor, writes a Substack on the creator economy, the passion economy and independent work.
What HN saysHN links it for its creator economy analysis. One commenter liked a post and noted why platforms like Substack want high-profile creators to leave their employers.
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What HN people wrote when they linked it
sid6376 · 2020-12-19
I really enjoyed reading this article. One key takeaway for me was how its in the interest of companies like Substack to initially have a lot of high profile creators defect from their motherships (like a lot of journalists have recently done) and then eventually decrease reliance on the superstars so that Substack's value doesnt immediately decrease once these superstars leave.
Very related to this article is this article about the need for a creator middle class. https://li.substack.com/p/building-the-middle-class-of-the