Cody BrownMeme 2020 and the Inevitable Rise of Creator FederationsSometime around 3pm EST, a group of some of the most popular meme pages on Instagram dropped a series of posts.Feb 14, 2020Feb 14, 2020
Cody BrownConductor Social NetworksA framework for thinking about an emergent kind of social network online and some hope on what to build nextJun 12, 20194Jun 12, 20194
Cody BrownYelling fire in a crowded theater and never getting caughtOne of the fundamental caveats of free speech is intent to harm with a knowingly false statement of fact. You are perfectly able to shout…Mar 7, 2019Mar 7, 2019
Cody BrownTBH and the social media Death ValleyRemember TBH? The anonymous compliment app? At it’s peak last year, TBH was getting 2.5m daily active users and had over a billion poll…Jul 9, 2018Jul 9, 2018
Cody BrownZuck The Conqueror to Zuck the GovernorI’m about two thirds of my way through “Conspiracy,” Ryan Holiday’s book about Peter Thiel and Gawker, when I read a page where I had to…Apr 3, 2018Apr 3, 2018
Cody BrownThe Death and Life of a Global Web PlatformWe’re living in an era of the web where a wide group of people who built the web are coming to the same conclusion. Facebook executives who…Jan 4, 20184Jan 4, 20184
Cody BrownHow to lose $8k worth of bitcoin in 15 minutes with Verizon and Coinbase.comIt begins with a text message from VerizonMay 31, 2017165May 31, 2017165
Cody BrownAnyone want to join a bookclub inside VR?I’ve spent quite a number of hours in social VR experiences in the past six months. AltspaceVR, VRChat, Sports Bar VR and Rec Room are some…Mar 9, 2017Mar 9, 2017
Cody BrownThere are so many big lessons we can learn from The Void about how to sell VRThis has been a rough few weeks for VR. Sales are lower than expected, some developers are turning, and then this brutal headline dropped…Feb 16, 20172Feb 16, 20172
Cody BrownOur politics won’t change until we move on from TwitterI tweeted something this week I shouldn’t have. Sometime around 2am, I saw a thread about a prominent American Trump supporter whose geotag…Feb 8, 20176Feb 8, 20176
