Derek Yang

I lead creator and gaming products at Discord.

Follow me for thonks about tech and creator economy.

[Derek Yang @dereklyang]

Every year, fans spend BILLIONS directly supporting their favorite creators / artists.

Why do people really spend their hard earned money this way?

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@nikitabier @X Amazing

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what's the difference between e/acc and techno-optimist?

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@BenjaminTseng Emmett is really fucking awesome. One of the best CEOs in the valley. And really understands AI

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source: Emmett

[Ashlee Vance @ashleevance]

very well placed, smart source says

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Emmett Shear (Twitch co-founder) is in as CEO of OpenAI.

The same day, fellow Twitch co-founder Kyle Vogt resigns as CEO of Cruise.

🤔

[Derek Yang @dereklyang]

do you hear that?

it's the sound of 1000 startups pivoting.

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Because solely optimizing on the margins is the playbook of every mature company that ever died. A part of the company should be working on high risk high reward initiatives. That means in some cases the numbers will likely going down before they can evetually go up. Those efforts cannot be blocked on immediate incremental gains on metrics.

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Random useless YouTube trick #19: Hold left-click down on the video player for 2X playback speed.

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multiple JJK terms trending on twitter...? 👀 time to catch up

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@robuyasu hey Robby, cool server! I lead creator products at discord (eg server subs). open to chatting? sent a request on discord😄

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@zachbussey @Twitch wow, arriving fashionable late to the Stories party

imo, this will not end well

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hustle shaming is worse than hustle porn.

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@nikitabier is there anything you can't growth hack

[Cohh Carnage @CohhCarnage]

SOON™...

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No WAY 🤯

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chatgpt would fail every interview ever, because it doesn't ask clarifying questions.

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This thing dead?

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@petergyang Catstomer obsession could have prevented this mistake

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@jon_blanton A lifetime supply of embarrassment

[Derek Yang @dereklyang]

On the radio:
Host: "What US state has the nickname the garden state?"

Caller: "Canada"