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what’s gucci? cofounder cbx.gg, silly videos are fun to make

Location Los Angeles Joined Joined on  Personal website https://www.instagram.com/cbx_community

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MrBeast’s Latest Video Is Underperforming, but Why?

I think it doesn’t help that his style has many (albeit succe...

Everything is Fortnite now

It is actually really cool to see gaming have such a cultural...

Western game studios should be very nervous about ‘Black Myth: Wukong’

Not only is it visually stunning, but it’s also a narrative r...

Things I Wish I Knew Before Moving to Hollywood

Can't tell you how many people I've seen move to this city wi...

Concord dev expresses gratitude for support: 'For all of you reaching out with love, you are the reason we make games'

Imagine working on something so passionately for 8 years only...

Why to Write When You Don't Want to Write

Life can get so chaotic, and finding the motivation to write ...

Why successful creators are putting limits on themselves

I think it depends on how you frame it. Constraints don’t hav...

When to ignore your users (and when to listen to them)

This is exactly Product Management 101. You can’t take your u...

The Pop Craveification of Breaking News

I think this has to do with our craving for community discour...

the 'what about me?' effect

With personalized algorithms, it’s not surprising that viewer...

Sticker Mule customers revolt over founder’s emails

This is an incredibly weird strategy to sell T-shirts and sti...

What happens when you think "everything I make is awful."

Every one is a gangster until it’s time to try and follow up ...

Tiktok Studio App

This is awesome, I love the YouTube studio app and always tho...

Khaby Lame is releasing a show on Tubi

Absolutely love seeing these creators getting major streaming...

AIs are coming for social networks

Oh yea, just what I want, chat bots talking to chat bots /s

Cara: DeviantArt and Artstation alternative

I think their stance on AI is balanced Our stance on AI: ...

DeviantArt In 2024 Sure Sounds Like A Sh*thole

The large art platforms are all being usurped by AI in one wa...

No one buys books

Quite a missed opportunity for creative people imho. I start...

All Internet Roads Lead Back to 2014

In a weird way it seems like we haven’t evolved too far away ...

David Lynch lashes out at crew for not letting him go dreamy [video]

Whether or not you agree with David Lynch, or even like his f...

Instagram is removing aggregators

This is great news. Aggregator accounts are honestly some the...

ByteDance prefers TikTok shutdown in US if legal options fail

Honestly, it would be super weird to sell off tiktok to an Am...

Why are we still afraid of digital fashion?

I think digital fashion thrives in other ways through gaming....

How to Boost Your Average View Duration

I also think bigger creators with more devoted audiences can ...

LinkedIn is testing a TikTok-like video feed

Yesss, now I can share my extremely embarrassing comedy video...

Discord will start showing ads on its platform called ‘Sponsored Quests’.

There it is. We all knew that discord was going to succumb t...

Make Millions on Discord: A new distribution channel has opened

Aside from the click-baity title of the article, this is basi...

Twitter has seen a massive 22.9% drop in the total number of daily U.S. app users since Elon Musk’s takeover

And even then you have to re-wire their mental model away for...

Instagram Updates Hashtag Search To Broaden Discovery

The hashtag search feels better overall. I’ve been able to fi...

Danish man found guilty of fraudulently profiting from music streaming royalties

While he was caught, this type of activity illustrates how br...

AI Assisted Game Development

Agree for now. Perhaps a future will make everything complete...

YouTube now requires labels on realistic looking videos made with AI

A decent reaction to both EU laws as well as fighting off mis...

The WEIRD community model that actually works

where brands can get attention by giving away gifts, and use...

YouTube Create, a new, free app for video editing

Yea and they would be expanding their market reach further in...

Roblox paid out $741 million to its community of creators in 2023

Wait wait wait…. Am I reading this correctly? 🤯 had no idea i...

Attention Ecology

Cutting through the noise is so much of the internet today. ...

LinkedIn’s Removing Its Creator Mode Option

Just when I was about to enable it to see what it was all abo...

No, your brand can’t use Taylor Swift + Travis Kelce memes as content.

It’s important to mention that the internet has changed a lot...

Riot Games was developing a Twitch competitor. Layoffs killed the project.

That’s a shame, I would imagine they thought the opportunity ...

Indifference is the enemy

I always liked to believe that you should shoot for people ei...

Do people really forget you after a month

If your content doesn’t make an impact, then you surely will ...

Novelist Scoops Literary Prize—Then Reveals She Used ChatGPT

While 5% is significant, I don’t think it warrants this much ...

How YouTube's algorithm works, Beehiiv's State of the Newsletter, and what everyone gets wrong about social media.

It’s a balance. There are two personas at play, like you ment...

At the CIA’s Creative Writing Group

Writing is just a form of communication, so really it’s about...

Japan Goes All In: Copyright Doesn’t Apply To AI Training

A bit disappointing from Japan. Being the 3rd largest economy...

Happy New Year CBX!

It’s been an amazing year, given CBX has only launched in Oct...

Adobe abandons $20 billion acquisition of Figma

Figma would of been one of my main reason to start paying for...

How to gamify your storytelling

Really cool take on how storytelling changes when game mechan...

How Ben Meer Grew His Audience to 1.5 Million With a Full-Time Job

The breakdown of Ben’s content creation system is fascinating...

Build in Public

Love trends.vc reports, I actually joined and pay for trends ...

Music merch gets a luxury upgrade

Music and Fashion makes sense to me. I typically buy merchand...

TikTok creators are increasingly tapping into food-centric content — and brands are following

Making food related content seems like one of those really fu...

Pika may become Next Hollywood Nightmare

This is really cool. I hope to see these tools being integrat...

Snapchat helps creator economy with new financial features

50,000 followers, 25 million monthly Snap views, and who pos...

Your Content is Obvious. It Shouldn't Be.

This definitely has the elements of what makes a successful d...

VRChat Begins Open Beta For Paid Creator Subscriptions

Going to be very interesting to see how VR & the creator ...

Meet the first Spanish AI model earning up to €10,000 per month

Capitalism gona capitalize. Reading the article the avg. se...

What It Means to be the Chief Creative Officer for Rhett & Link (Good Mythical Morning) [video]

This is a really great video. An interesting metric that they...

Pokimane launches a snack line

Always neat to see creators come out with packaged goods prod...

“I can make anything viral” - interview with Jenny Hoyos [video]

Loved this interview! While I don’t think all of it applies ...

Eyecandy is a database representing the very best visual techniques of filmmaking

This is really cool, thanks for sharing!

Hollywood Actors Strike Ends With a Deal That Will Impact AI and Streaming for Decades

Strikes do work. Hope the deal around AI generative actors ...

Camps teaching kids to be YouTubers are cropping up across the country

Because it pretty much is that. Whenever there is a large m...

Lessons learned while making media

One of the real keys to YouTube is you don't have to produce...

Lemon8, the Instagram rival from TikTok parent ByteDance, fails to gain traction in US

I tried the app, to see what it was all about when it launche...

X/Twitter is reportedly soliciting people to buy recycled user handles for $50,000

Wow, so basically only well off businesses or really high pro...

100 Thieves is laying off 20 percent of its staff as it focuses on ‘core’ of esports and apparel

Creator economy based companies are feeling the pain of the g...

Mark Cuban believes in the long-term potential of NFTs

The title is technically correct, but slightly misleading. ...

Meet Dot, an AI companion here to help you live your best life

Not a bad use of AI. The truth is that AI should run locally ...

Best marketing advice for creators (2021)

Really solid advice that puts creators in the mind of the vie...

Humane is creating a projector phone

Not sure about the practicality of the laser projector. Don’t...

LAPD YouTube channel suspended for posting violent content

For those not in Los Angeles, there is a ton of crime happeni...

When is the best time to create?

Thanks for the recommendation! Subscribed!

Launching a book looks extremely different in 2023

It’s really cool. Speaking of book covers, I recently saw som...

YouTuber Rosana Pansino claims MrBeast ‘lied and edited her out’ of video

Wow, I do hope they get to talk it out and this is some sort ...

Creators Get Revenge on AI with Nightshade

Read up on it some more and found: It works by tricking mod...

When is the best time to create?

It’s true that perfection gets in the way, and the messy bits...

Snapchat grew 12% since last year

People use Snapchat? I remember using it a lot like 8 years a...

The Network Effects Bible (Updated 2023)

Very thorough definitions of the Network Effect. Super useful...

When should creators launch “real” products? When’s the right time?

Author does a good job of giving a balanced answer. I often a...

How Does a Post-Modern World Affect Creativity?

+1 It's really nice that the internet has all sorts of fun ...

Ask CBX: What got you into content creation in the first place?

I got with @eloitschris and realized we had a bunch of fun jo...

Inside the deranged mind of Twitter/X's 'For You' algorithm

It looks like it's just memes and sports on a clean account a...

Virtual Influencer trends

Virtual influencers are not new. Mickey Mouse and Superman s...

Key takeaways of Forbes Top Creators

Risky for sure, but dropping a creator is worth the risk and ...

How to write for Gen Z without being cringe?

I usually don’t like articles that paint broad strokes across...

Linus Tech Tips Apology Video

This might be the most high-production apology video I've see...

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