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👻 BOO-narscope 👻 @lunarscope.bsky.social · 25m

This is for maybe one person that follows me who will get it

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👻 BOO-narscope 👻 @lunarscope.bsky.social · 25m

Wait have I been reading it wrong this whole time I thought it was her party

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Melo @letitmelo.bsky.social · 11h

I legitimately didn't know they were competing with Steam and it's crazy to me that they burnt so much money on what sounds like something with very little (or wildly misguided) market research.

Ethan Evans, former Amazon VP

As VP of Prime Gaming at Amazon, we failed multiple times to disrupt the game platform Steam. We were at least 250x bigger, and we tried everything. But ultimately, Goliath lost. Here's why:

The 15+ year long attempt to challenge Steam started before I was VP of Prime Gaming, but we never cracked the code. Not under my leadership or anyone else's.

The first way we tried to enter the online-game-store market was through acquisition. We acquired Reflexive Entertainment (a small PC game store) and tried to scale it. It went nowhere.

Then, after buying Twitch, we created our own PC games store. Our assumption was that gamers would naturally buy from us because they were already using Twitch. Wrong.

Finally, we built "Luna," a game streaming service that let people play without a high-end PC. Around the same time, Google tried the same thing with their
product "Stadia." Neither gained significant traction. The whole time, Steam dominated despite being a relatively small company (compared to Amazon and Google).

The mistake was that we underestimated what made consumers use Steam

It was a store, a social network, a library, and a trophy case all in one. And it worked well.

At Amazon, we assumed that size and visibility would be enough to attract customers, but we underestimated the power of existing user habits We never validated our core assumptions before investing heavily in solutions. The truth is that gamers already had the solution to their problems and they weren't going to switch platforms just because a new one was available

We needed to build something dramatically better, but we failed to do so. And we needed to validate our assumptions about our customers before starting to build. But we never really did that either.

Just because you are big enough to build something doesn't mean people will use it

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Kenny Goblins @kennylogins.bsky.social · 10h

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Arif Hasan, but NFL🔨⚒️🛠️ @arif.bsky.social · 9h

I FOUND THE BOOK WITH THE ORB

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don't hug me I'm porksweats @porksweats.bsky.social · 17h

CHOTINER: So you asked for a Birkin bag?
KOKO: Yes. Possession Bag.
CHOTINER: And you had the funds to acquire this?
KOKO: No, Professor Purchase Koko Gorilla
CHOTINER: That doesn't sound like the funds were justifiable.
KOKO: Hostility Interviewer

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👻 BOO-narscope 👻 @lunarscope.bsky.social · 17h

Going to do a hades surface run on the plane wish me luck chat

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Sam Reich @samreich.bsky.social · 17h

live feed of me every time i eat ice cream

Sam Reich at his Make Some Noise desk with the prompt "More" on the screen behind him, once and then a second time the font is bigger. A third photo where the prompt instead reads "Lactose intolerantly". A fourth photo that reads "more" with the biggest font..

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✪ Jonathan H. Gray: “Professor of Halloweenery” ✪ @jongraywb.bsky.social · 18h

“BE NOT A STRIKE”

kelsey lewin @kelslewin.bsky.social · 1d

b̶̗̠̤̙̺̰̙͇͆̀̒̍̀̂́̕ả̶̡̛̛̛̛͎͔̟̯̤͑̈͐̌̈́̄̓͆̓͛̎͌͛͋͑̆̇̄͐͋̋͊̓̋̊͐̍͗̓͒̆̊̓̂͆̀̾̇̑̈́́͊̾̚͘͘̚̕͝͝͠s̷̢̢̢̧̡̝͖̮͉̰̯̫̮̪̳̲͕̯̟͉̮͚̙͚͓͕̫̣̦͔͓̺̫̻̤̲͆͒̾͂͌̐̑͊̈́͒͛̆̊̍̌͛̇̇̍̾͗̎͐͑̆͒̓̀́̏͊̓̈́͋̓̐͂͘͜͝͝͠͝͝e̴̡̡̡̘̲̺̥͎̥̭͙̲̪̱͔̞͔̠͖̞̞̦̱͉̤̭̼̗͖̥͕͕͙̦̹̠͙͓̤̰͎̼̱̪̹͉̱̞͉̯̠̜͎͙̗͖̣͒̊̒̌͒͗̓̀͗͒͐̽̈̔̑̆͑͑̆̀̀̒̉̿̕̕͜͜͜ͅͅb̷̧̡̪̺̯̱͍͚̻͕̗̬͓̞̈́̈́̽̋̑̈́͒̓́̒̓̇̀̾̕͝a̶̧̢̦͕̗͔͓͙̦̜̬̯̟͉̪̱̮̲͍̻̹͓͍̪̦̥͎̩̫͉͈͙̰̹̞̯̭͔̩̹͛̅͗̑̂̋̍͌͒́̈̆̚͜ͅͅḻ̵̢̢̧̢̨̧̟̗̖̰͇̦̺͕̫̖͈͎͈̪̺̗͚̖̱͎̞͚̥͇̺̱̜͛̃̀̂̾̆̈͝ͅļ̴̧̨̬͔̱͎̳̬͉̘̝̻̹͔͓͍͈̙̣̳̝̗͙͉̬̭̦̗̥̜̠̘̯̯͖̜̠̦̱̰̱̮̤̣̥̼̯̞̉

an image composite of all 487 pitches thrown in this game

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alyssa mercante @alyssamerc.bsky.social · 1d

I reached out to The White House and asked about its use of AI-generated Halo imagery. White House Deputy Press Secretary Kush Desai just responded to me, and it's insane.

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👻 BOO-narscope 👻 @lunarscope.bsky.social · 19h

Hilarious that the dung eater from Elden Ring gets content warning’d

👻 BOO-narscope 👻 @lunarscope.bsky.social · 19h

the loathsome christmas slice

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season of the apple cider witch 🍎🎃 @applecider.bsky.social · 21h

Showing this to all the male game developers who are going to be at the Game Awards in two months

(Courtesy of Parker York Smith on TikTok)

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👻 BOO-narscope 👻 @lunarscope.bsky.social · 19h

Nemi when she gets the good cuddles

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👻 BOO-narscope 👻 @lunarscope.bsky.social · 19h

All weekend the cat sitters have been like “hmm she’s chatty but sits near us and won’t come near our laps” and I was finally like “oh shit sorry you need to sit in the living room for lap time” and - look at this BABY getting her first lap sits in a few days 😭

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Misha is: a gift box full of owls @howliet.bsky.social · 20h

Oh to be a little cat in a pile of brother

Two tuxedo cats sound asleep, one on top of the other

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midgie @midgie.bsky.social · 1d

you better keep them glasses mr frodo

screenshot of a bbc news report about getting temporarily blinded by car lights when you’re driving in the dark. it advises readers to ensure their windscreens are clean and to wear glasses and keep them glasses

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Josiah Mortimer @josiah.writes.news · 1d

Politico: "MPs should consider deleting X, according to a committee led by Commons Speaker Lindsay Hoyle...

"On social media, the report said MPs should feel “empowered to step away from platforms that pose more harm than benefit.”

Absolutely. Please get on with it.

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 23h

Is saying that the Jews run the world antisemitic or just vigilant? Tune in for next week's episode of "is it racist to be racist"

Peston @itvpeston.bsky.social · 1d

Is the Reform MP who says she’s driven mad by TV adverts full of Black & Asian people a racist or realist? How many migrants would the Tories expel? & should the UK be selling fighter jets to Türkiye?

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#Peston

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👻 BOO-narscope 👻 @lunarscope.bsky.social · 23h

Fucking hell this is deranged. Just Brass Eye shit

Peston @itvpeston.bsky.social · 1d

Is the Reform MP who says she’s driven mad by TV adverts full of Black & Asian people a racist or realist? How many migrants would the Tories expel? & should the UK be selling fighter jets to Türkiye?

Join LIVE at 9PM on X & YouTube or on ITV1 at 1045PM 📺

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Nate O @nateo.bsky.social · 1d

Oh it's entirely fit for purpose. The purpose isn't to inform the public; it's twofold: (1) to radicalise white English men into committing acts of terror against non-white people; (2) to provide the casus belli for the UK state's continued systemic oppression of non-white people

Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 2d

To this point, the top eight news stories served by Google News this morning, from six sources, are all about asylum seekers. To call the British news media unfit for purpose would be charitable.

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👻 BOO-narscope 👻 @lunarscope.bsky.social · 1d

I can feel the London water actively corroding my skin it’s like it knows I’m Scottish I can hear it whispering my death to me in h20 molecules

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👻 BOO-narscope 👻 @lunarscope.bsky.social · 2d

10/10 religious experience absolutely do this if you can

👻 BOO-narscope 👻 @lunarscope.bsky.social · 2d

Okay so I already saw chainsaw man this weekend but what if I saw it in 4DX

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Eyepatch Wolf but like spooky or a ghost or something @eyepatchwolf.bsky.social · 2d

I told my dad that i knew how to fix our toilet, he sounded mildly impressed but then said “oh was there and episode of the simpsons where they fix a toilet or something.”

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