title::Breaking off the engagement - by Chris Best - Substack tags:: #notcrafted #notnotioned [[%tie]] #nosec #notcat [[m46]] https://on.substack.com/p/breaking-off-the-engagement # Notes > Transactions become transparent, and incentives become properly aligned. While platforms that depend on ad sales must harvest attention any way they can, platforms that depend on people’s willingness to pay must foster trust and satisfaction. Writers succeed only if readers are happy, and in turn platforms succeed only if writers are happy. In this world, users are finally at the table rather than on the menu Is that something we can take for granted? Creator incentives can lead to tribalism as well. # Further References