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Guillermo Flor's avatar

Awesome!

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Michael Spencer's avatar

a16z should build a social network for gamers and game developers. Like the X for Steam or Twitch, but more for gaming fans. Like the Doximity for game developers and game of enthusiasts.

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Ryan K. Rigney's avatar

Having spent a shameful amount of time in gaming discords and subreddits I'd probably not sign up to be the one to lead the charge on that one XD

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Michael Spencer's avatar

Reddit and X are pretty dead compared to how they used to be, same goes for Twitch. Reading Steam reviews only takes you so far. There has to be a better way.

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Ryan K. Rigney's avatar

You might be on to something... didn't know about Doximity until now—pretty interesting

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Michael Spencer's avatar

Niche platforms are the way to go now, Game developers deserve that, especially with all these indie gamers succeeding so wildly. The truth is, Meta or Google no longer have great targeting for even Ads. So a niche gaming network could not only boost the entire ecosystem, but do fairly well with Ads that actual target different kinds of gamers.

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Michael Spencer's avatar

We the consumer would buy even more games if we had more insights into the personal brand and struggles of game developers. It would legitimize gaming media entirely, where gaming journalists can barely make it in the current world. It would create influencers among gaming enthusiasts and gaming E-sports personalities. It could lead to entirely great things that wouldn’t be possible otherwise.

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Michael Spencer's avatar

@a16z

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Good Game Lobby's avatar

It's nice to find out how a trend starts and who was the first person to start it!

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Ben Lang's avatar

🙌🏻

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Valentin Thomas's avatar

Very interesting. I was wondering, did you see the 15 seconds video craze first and climb up to the original post or spot the original post first and watch the internet blow from that?

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