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Hard to say. There's definitely a future for curated content; Hacker News, Reddit etc are basically that. As are numerous newsletters, blog articles and videos
by CM30 8y ago
Hard to say. There's definitely a future for curated content; Hacker News, Reddit etc are basically that. As are numerous newsletters, blog articles and videos listing interesting or underrated resources and creators.
Charging for that seems like it could theoretically work, though the key would be that you'd have to A: have a solid audience in mind who'd be likely to consider decent curation valuable enough to pay for and B: be extremely good at selecting resources to show people, to the point there's no way in hell they could find all the stuff shown off themselves.
It'd be a challenge, but I think it could be possible. Hell, I think something like this could probably work quite well in the SEO or digital marketing world, just because of how much bullshit there is online and how hard it can be to find the good stuff.
- pandesmos 8y agoThis sounds like reinventing the focused arty magazine/technical journal almost.
- AstralStorm 8y agoAre they really curated? What they actually are is a reflection of community of people inhabiting then, posting and upvoting. Being a curator implies a degree of objectivity and skill more than getting votes. Including building a cohesive whole.