Sometimes CEO’s just aren’t smart enough to lie...

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Typically we don’t give a lot of play to newer, budding, platforms because most of them come and go faster than your fav entertainer’s assault charges (just pick one, there’s too many to name atp). But we just can’t pass up the opportunity to shout out Decoder podcast host Nilay Patel for asking the hard questions …which shouldn’t be that hard?

In a recent interview with the CEO of Substack, he asked a simple question on whether they would, you know, have a zero-tolerance policy on hate speech on their platform and let’s just say the response left Patel in wanting. This brings us to the larger conversation on whether platforms deserve our presence if they aren’t interested in protecting it?

Btw, can we officially retire the idea that every Bro with a tech company is a genius? The label is starting to feel sarcastic and mean.

Pod News ??

TPS 2023. Ay guv’nor, are you and ya Blokes going to…nevermind. Ya’ll going to The Podcast Show in London next month? Back for its second year and taking shape as ‘THE international event for the business of podcasting’, we may have to cross over the pond and check it out. We’re like 50/50 right now…anyone else going?

Video & Pod. Are you ready to take your pod to the next level?? We have talked a bit about the importance of adding video components to help garner attention for your pod, but here are 10 tips on exactly how.

Cre8torHub Pod. In today’s episode , we talk about how procrastination & spontaneity don’t always play hand in hand for your good! If it moves your spirit, share it with a friend who needs to get their crap together.

Twitter ???

Elon & BBC. Elon has been on the ropes with these news outlets lately! But in a show of good faith, he invited a BBC reporter to the HQ to have a chat…he also didn’t tell them they were going to live stream the interview until they got there, but hey Elon doesn’t need an eye patch and sphynx cat to pet when he can simply disrupt your entire prep work with a curve ball! Nonetheless, you can watch it here and try not to eye-roll the entire time. It’s impossible, I tried.

Meta ??

Reels expanding Monetization…Ummm ya, that’s it. You can learn more here . Let us know if you make any coin…we tryna see something.

Instagram ??

More Features?! Post Malone didn’t even ride this many waves! On a serious note, “Instagram announced today that it’s extending access to parts of its creator marketplace via APIs to make it easier for brands to discover and work with creators on the third-party creator marketing platform they already use.”

TikTok ??

Boost brand exposure. I dare you to say that 10 times fast! Well if you’re looking to get that BBE (it’ll catch on) TT says it’s all about that TC…ok I’ll stop. Topical Communities . They break down exactly how to advance on the platform if you don’t have friends who work there to push your content. Oh ya, 10-minute TT videos are gone .

YouTube ??

BlackVoicesFund. The application is still open, have you applied?? And if you’re wondering about the criteria, you only need to be a part of the partner program and “identify as Black”. I will leave the joke I prepared in my head and leave it open to your imagination...but it ends in Dolezal.

Written by Ashley George