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James Quentin Devine's avatar

Unfortunately the funding of media is almost entirely captured by vaguely non/post/anti-human beancounters who are typically antagonistic to non-predetermined means-tested focus-grouped art and expression altogether.

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CansaFis Foote's avatar

...well i guess we will have to continue to consume cones of shit flavored soft serve...i remember when the talented content creator meg whitman launched the brilliant quibi she admitted she didn't really watch a lot of the content she was producing...having worked in streaming with executives of this ilk all i can say is that the goals/needs of the masses are never met/sought by those at the top of the creation heap...they seek only to define us by our most limited potential...if we ever find a way to community create power i have a feeling we will meet aliens at that same moment...and they will want to party...

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James Quentin Devine's avatar

I had a friend with a Quibi deal/show and that whole enterprise was apparently being run like an absolute clown-car.

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CansaFis Foote's avatar

...i can only imagine...what was the show they were making if you remember?...it was such a bizarre cornucopia of content none of which seemed landmark or interesting to make it to a streamer, let alone launch one at the pricepoint they offered...this is an awesome read on quibi btw if you haven't already read it -- dope author too https://www.howtheygrow.co/p/why-quibi-died-the-2b-dumpster-fire...

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James Quentin Devine's avatar

I don't watch anything tbh, I don't know if it ever made it to air. I do know a bunch of people didn't get paid and it all ended with serious bad blood between the involved parties.

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CansaFis Foote's avatar

...terrible...sorry to hear that...

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