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Adam and Jerod speak with Chris Coyier and Dave Rupert about whether the open web is dying, the creator economy, ads versus subscriptions, CodePens future, and how social networks devaluing links threatens the web.
Highlights
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Social networks devaluing links is an existential threat to the open web — if you cannot link out, the web dies
Coyier argues that social platforms (Instagram, TikTok, Twitter/X) actively suppress external links to keep users on-platform. This devaluation of the hyperlink threatens the fundamental architecture of the web.•
The creator economy is producing more content and less culture — volume is not value
Coyier and Rupert observe that the creator economy incentivizes volume (more posts, more videos, more newsletters) over quality. The result: an internet drowning in content but starving for substance.